RE: 10/100 NIC Recommendations?

["Tony Johnson" <gjohnson showmaster com>]

see below...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul [mailto:paul hessels sheridanc on ca]
> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 1999 9:53 AM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: 10/100 NIC Recommendations?
>
>
> At 08:32 AM 2/28/99 +0000, you wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> >I have a quick question to tack onto the end of this.  On a
> friends pair of
> >machines
> >I loaned him two network cards and wired a cross cable and
> he is running
> >peer to
> >peer with no hub.  One of the cards is auto sencing, the
> other is an HP with
> >jack
> >for 10 and a jack for 100.  His network works fine at 10 but
> won't work at
> 100.
> >Does 100baseT require a hub?


Ethernet requires no hub.  Cross cables should work just fine.


> >Or does a cross cable have to be wired
> >different for
> >100?

No, they are wired the same.

> > Does 100 base use more than 4 wires?

No...


> >
> >--ja
>
> I don't really know much about this but, I think 100BaseT4
> uses all four pairs,

Yes it does , same as 10BT Ethernet

> I think.  The thing I noticed is that cables I made myself
> wouldn't work at
> 100mb, but cables that I bought do.  I imagine this is
> because they make better
> cables:)


The biggest problem with networks is the physical layer (Cabling ,
Repeaters, what not)  Good cables are a must...

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