Hi, > AFAIK neither of these really needs the signal quality of Cat 5 -- > they both should work just fine over Cat 3 -- but surely the higher > grade wire can't hurt (and it may increase the usable DSL distance).
I think I remember that the gauge of Ethernet cable is smaller than the one of phone cable: Ethernet cores are smaller, there can be an issue with the quality/strength of the signal. Of course DSL can go over one mile. Olivier _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"