On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Jay Barbee wrote: > 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 >
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