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

[Karl Larsen]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>
>>     
> I uses some pretty green CAT 5 to connect up security cameras in a
> sub shop. No networking there either. I believe one pair carries
> power, one carries audio, and another pair carries video. One cable
> per camera. They even use the same plugs/jacks, so you can use
> pre-built cables instead of building your own. (Or barrow the cable
> for a temporary network connection...)
>
> Mikkel
>   
    I went into Home Dept for another thing and went by their cat cable 
location and discovered it is now cat 5E or 6 that you can buy. There is 
a cheaper crimper for the connector and they do have 4 or 5 colors. The 
guy at the store said none of the cable is going to survive long 
outdoors. Here it is the sun.

Karl


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