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  1. cableprofessor

    cat 5E/cat 6?

    This was mailed to me: http://kb.flukenetworks.com/link.asp?sid=5&rid=8498 No untwist as far as I am concerned. Then there is no room for "interpretation".
  2. cableprofessor

    Interconnecting 2 offices with 25-pair

    Here's how I teach it: Be (Blue) On (Orange) Guard (Green) By (Brown) Six (Slate) then Which (White) Rotten (Red) Boy (Black) Yelled (Yellow) Venerial (Violet) OK, so the "boy" is not always used, we sometimes use another word. Can you guess...
  3. cableprofessor

    Maximum number of connectors (TIA/EIA)

    ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.1 permits three connection in the permanent link configuration, the fixed portion of your cabling link. A connection at each end and a consolidation point. The consolidation point can be a 110 style block or an RJ45 jack. It cannot be used for a point of administration, this...
  4. cableprofessor

    stranded vs solid conductor patch cords??

    Solid cable is flexible cable. Key point that was changed in standards. The issue with 10GBASE-T is Alien Crosstalk, coupling of noise from one cable to the next. This is not such an issue of the signal being received is fairly strong. The way to ensure a strong receive signal? Use components...
  5. cableprofessor

    stranded vs solid conductor patch cords??

    http://kb.flukenetworks.com/link.asp?sid=5&rid=6233 Wow. This site seems to have a lot of answers to mine and other questions asked here in the forum.
  6. cableprofessor

    Cat 5 or 6?

    http://kb.flukenetworks.com/link.asp?sid=5&rid=6226 I think this will answer your question. I like it when people quote direct from the standards. Especially the IEEE. As it says, 1000BASE-T came before category 5e. And don't give me that PowerSum NEXT nonsens because 1000BASE-T does not...
  7. cableprofessor

    Cat 5e/6 tester question

    In buying any piece of equipment, I need that warm feeling. I get this from some companies, and not others. The response from Test-Um reminds me of the days of Microtest attacking Fluke. I was crawling the Fluke site and net for info on Cableiq/Validator and found this...

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