At 2/14/99 01:36 PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote: >On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > >> I plugged in my other laptop using the same pcmcia NIC and >> wire. Same amount of packet loss. >> >> Do I conclude that it's either my hub or the wires? > >Why kind of wire, I seem to remember them labled class 3 through 5 and >needing a class 5 for 100 base T.
FastEthernet is CAT5 wiring, and standard 10baseT is CAT3. All wiring needs to be up to snuff to get FastEthernet. --Jay