On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Stephen Carville wrote:
> -Ah. Ok. I can see this....however, even standard telephone
> -cable ought to be useable for an ethernet link between a
> -couple of computers in one room (assuming that's what the
> -original poster was talking about.) You won't get the
> -distance you would with CAT5 cable, but it SHOULD work....
>
> Most telephone cable these days is Category 3 so it should work
> correctly with 10 Mbps just like real ethernet cable.
Yes. Usually. With Many Errors.
It can be very difficult to send ethernet data over a telephone twisted
pair. Test and make sure. Been There Done That. Wont Repeat.
