On 9 Nov 2006 13:34:16 -0800, "The Reverend Natural Light"
wrote:

Old phone cord works okay for 10Mbps ethernet. It'll never work for
100Mbps.

The trick will be to make sure it's plugged into a 10Mbps hub at one
end. It the equipment is 100Mbps on both ends then it'll keep trying
to work at high speed, which needs Cat5, and fail.

Of course, at 10Mbps you might as well use wireless.


Wireless may be faster in that case, but you'll still get the
liabilities of wireless like unreliability and insecurity.


-rev



Beachcomber wrote:

Using old non-data certified "telephone wires" for a computer
connection is not a good idea. Depending on your luck, it may work,
work poorly, or not work at all. A poor hookup here can affect your
network connections elsewhere.

I would suggest buying a box of Category 5 or 5e cable. It's very
inexpensive and contains the correct pairs designations, color, and
pairs twisted together to minimize interference and undesirable
electromagnetic interactions.

Telephone wires are often twisted, but not enough according to the
more rigid specifications for data cables.

Beachcomber
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