Christopher Sawtell wrote:
It's hard to tell from the picture, but could it be that someone has used a
single cable run to carry the signals for 2 hosts on the network?
In this case, the cable had been labeled, it was intended to give the
user the ability to move their computer around the room.
Presently the new tenent is looking at wireless rather than risking
blowing some thing up.
CAT5 cable
has 4 pairs, 2 of which are normally unused. Yes it's gross waste, but that's
what makes the world go round.
Na, cat 5 was some smart thinking, as was 3 pair telephone cabling.
You can pump a 100mbit signal a short way down 3 pair, not ideal but if
you just want to share internet around a building, don't want to go to
the expense of new cable, then you can get data and a phone to the desk.
Cat 5 is already set up for short runs of gigabit. Also not perfect,
but extends the life of the cable a little, given that the biggest cost
is putting cable in.
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