[lug] cat 5 cable

[Timothy C. Klein]

A lot of time this "fast cable" is called Cat5e, also.  Sometimes it is
rated by frequency (I'm not clear on why).  200 Mhz and above would give
you the flexability to move from 100 to 1000 if you ever wanted, if my
memory serves correclty.

Tim

* Hugh Brown (hugh at vecna.com) wrote:
> > I can suggest you need the "Fast" cat 5, else you lose 100 Mbps real
> > quick over distances. It's a bit more expensive than plain cat 5. Even
> > CompUSA sells this, last time I looked the regular cat 5 was on the
> > left, and fast cat 5 on the right, higher price for same basic length. I
> > don't know if their prices are reasonable or not, but they do have some
> > fairly long lengths available if you're in a hurry. I do not know about
> > best or worst for particular connectors, maybe try J.B. Saunders over on
> > Foothills highway off of Valmont (it is possible they can tell you what
> > makes the good hand-made cables).
> 
> I'd love to, but that trip would cost more than the cables. :)  I think
> I want stranded instead of solid after looking at a few websites.  I
> will look at the Fast cable.  Thanks for the input.
> 
> Hugh
> 
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