strange cable?
A friend gave me what looks like a network cable, with a modular plug
with 8 slots, but the only ones with wires are slots 1,2,3 and 6. What is this cable meant for? |
strange cable?
Il giorno lunedì 25 luglio 2016 10:23:48 UTC+2, Micky ha scritto:
A friend gave me what looks like a network cable, with a modular plug with 8 slots, but the only ones with wires are slots 1,2,3 and 6. What is this cable meant for? a photo might help... Bye Jack |
strange cable?
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strange cable?
Micky wrote:
A friend gave me what looks like a network cable, with a modular plug with 8 slots, but the only ones with wires are slots 1,2,3 and 6. What is this cable meant for? Fast ethernet (100Mbps) only uses pins 1, 2, 3 & 6, all eight are used for Gigabit ethernet, do the pairs cross over 1/2-3/6 or straight through 1/2-1/2? |
strange cable?
On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:37:59 +0000 (UTC), frank
wrote: wrote: Il giorno lunedì 25 luglio 2016 10:23:48 UTC+2, Micky ha scritto: A friend gave me what looks like a network cable, with a modular plug with 8 slots, but the only ones with wires are slots 1,2,3 and 6. RJ-45 plug has 8 contacts (slots?), I translated the word from the Abysinnian. That's what we say there! Or maybe that's what they say at the Abysinnian Flamingo Casino in downtown Djibouti. and wiring only 1,2 and 3,6 pairs makes a 10 Mbit/s cable, either straight or crossed. It could be made to connect an old 10 BASE-T network card or it's just a leftover from the previous century. It's pretty old. I think my friend brought it over last year complaining it didn't work on his Mac. Of course that doesn't explain why he had it. I just gave him another cable and didn't look at his much until the other day. I wish I could tell him what I just learned but he died last march at 78. Thanks Frank and Andy, and Jack for trying. Frank |
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