egd;288313 Wrote: > thought this too, but not being a networking engineer I figured I'd stay > out of the debate. I don't even have two lots of CAT6 to try the > theory, albeit I'm going to be buying two reels for a roll-your-own > home wiring as part of a renovation I'm planning.
I'm not a network engineer either. I just describe what's caused me trouble (I don't think I'm a geek, I prefer "early adopter.") If you're stringing wire, I'd go with the cat6 unless the price is prohibitive. Is there cat7? I try to eliminate the easy causes of issues. Anything that takes "forever" compared to an earlier experience is usually caused by the things that have changed in the configuration. To think of it, I'm usually the last to advocate a wire change: most "hifi" wire is a waste of money from a physics standpoint. I would pound a network card, particularly an older card that might falter on super frames or a connection that might be suspect for the same reasons. Whoseewhatsee is right: cat6 isn't required but it does eliminate a possibility.. (unless the catx is a cable bought from a retailer who pushes "super" quality cables (for $50) that might have a quality issue the same as the $5 cable...) -- pski ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33041 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
