Why cant I make my laptop ethernet cards recognise 10Mbs?

[Tim]

On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 13:07 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
> First your talking about ethernet cards. They usually mate with a
> standard cable which in the USA we call it a category 5 cable
> available everywhere. It is white and has plastic large telephone
> connector on it, or you buy an expensive crimper and put the
> connectors on as you like. 

Your arguments are as nonsensical as:  All cats have four legs,
therefore that small four-legged beast over there must be a cat
(actually, it's a dog).

Category 5 cabling is a specification for the wire, itself (frequency
handling, number of conductors, etc.).  There is nothing that says it
must be white, there's nothing that says it's ethernet cable.  It's used
for telephone wire, non-ethernet data connections in light dimmers, and
a plethora of other things.

What you said is as silly as saying RG-58/U is "ethernet" cable.  It's
not, it's cable.  It *can* be used for ethernet, it can also be used for
other things.

Only the other day I used 100 metres of *blue* Cat5 to run around the
edge of a theatre for intercom wiring while we filmed a concert.  It
also comes in red and beige.

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