[K12OSN] Gigabit headach

Burke Almquist balmquist at mindfirestudios.com
Tue Aug 31 11:37:25 UTC 2004


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I think, and someone correct me if im wrong, that Gbit over cat 5 uses  
all the wires instead of just 4. So make sure they are all crimped  
properly.

On Aug 30, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Brock Noland wrote:

> So it does not work using the same cable and everything. In otherwords
> JUST the switch is different? If so the cables should be fine and then
> it has to be either the length or switch. I have a Gbit switch that
> works with about 200ft cable but 270 is a good 33% more.
>
> My 2 cents anyway...
> Brock
>
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:46:45 -0700, Duane Wilson <aaa at pacifier.com>  
> wrote:
>> I took everyones advice and bought the amer.com  SR24G2.
>>
>> Installed it between server and terminals.
>>
>> Tried to boot terminals all at once - nada!
>>     Would not even get DHCP
>>
>> Tried one terminal.
>>     Got DHCP but choked on 'loading vmlinuz'
>>
>> There is about 230 ft. of cat Ve from the server to the AR24G2.
>>
>> Is that too far?
>> Did I crimp the end wrong?  (It works fine when connected to the old  
>> 100
>> Mbit)
>> Is my switch bad?
>>
>> Anyone???
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Duane Wilson
>>
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