Semi-OT: Running CAT5 Cables

From: Lance Costanzo <lance_at_costanzo.net>
Date: Wed Oct 27 16:01:19 1999

At 01:38 PM 10/27/99 -0700, you wrote:
>> Pick a centralized location for your hub, and home-run all the wires there.
>
>Probably should make one thing clear here, as long as it's just the one room
>and the garage, I plan on simply running one cable and connecting a hub in
>the house to a hub in the garage.
Well heck, why didn't you say so!
We thought you wanted to do a complete bow to stern wiring project.
Since you mentioned you wanted to do this the easiest way possible,
get a 50' or 100' patch cord, and connect an MDI (uplink) port on
one of your hubs to a MDIX (regular) on the other.
If you don't have an MDI port, then you have a couple of options:
1) If one of your hubs has an AUI port (db15, like a PC game port),
just get a transceiver.
2) Make the patch cord into a crossover by cutting off one end
and putting on a new plug with a different wire order.

Lance Costanzo Advant, Inc. 1-800-824-8418
lance_at_advantinc.com Support Solutions for HP Systems
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Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 16:01:19 BST

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