putting a shield on cat5 or 6 cable doesn't significantly increase the noise rejection vs utp cat 5 at 100mb/s, you're shielding already balanced cable pairs. moreover they're signifcantly harder to install since they need to be properly grounded and shielded at both ends. joelja On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Andy Dills wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Al Rowland wrote:
And you are using shielded cable, correct?
Nah, I'm guessing he strung bare copper seperated by cotton balls. That's what I like to use in my 27-floor 100tx runs.
Andy
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