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3 pins or 4
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4 pins. 2 pairs. A transmit pair and a receive pair.
I'm not sure if I answered the question he was asking. Ed Fair
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I'm not sure if I answered the question he was asking. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com
Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply.
Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.
If we are talking 10baseT or 100baseT then 3 pins wired in a rj45 plug or socket wouldn't work. Normally all 8 wires (4 sets of 3 pairs) are connected, but only 4 wires are actually needed as ed said.
I can only think he was referring to the number of pairs in the cabling involved, so either would do, but normally you would wire up all 4 pairs and I don't think Cat5 cable comes in less than 4 pairs anyway.
Hope this is clearish, ask them what they mean next time you see them
I can only think he was referring to the number of pairs in the cabling involved, so either would do, but normally you would wire up all 4 pairs and I don't think Cat5 cable comes in less than 4 pairs anyway.
Hope this is clearish, ask them what they mean next time you see them
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