Re: What Cat5e cable should I use? 200mhz / 350mhz

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:13:02 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>Lucas Tam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Just purchase Cat5e rated cabling. Or, if you wish to spend the extra 
>> money, Cat6. Cat6 cabling is of no use at the moment.
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>"No use"?  Isn't that a bit harsh?  :-)
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>It's of as much use as CAT5E, it just isn't any *more* useful.

I'd say that it probably is of more use, but for a different reason.
Cat 5-E is like a thin walled tube with 4 twisted pair laying inside
with lots of room, or at least all the incarnations I've seen are.
It's extremely fragile and prone to kinking.  The straight cat 5 I put
in is smaller in diameter and less prone to kinking.

The Cat 6 I've seen  "in my limited experience" is pretty much the
same cable as cat 5-E, but with a foam insulation which makes if quite
a bit more rugged for installation although it can be a pain at the
connectors.  The foam holds the twisted pair in place and keeps the
relation between them constant.

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>-Larry Jones
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