Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-19 Thread Mike Hammett
-- From: Matt lm7...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:11 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 There's the confusion. 2 standards. One with 4 pair and one with 2 pair. Gotta love standards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-19 Thread Mike Hammett
-- From: 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:07 PM To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Yes... although be careful what surge suppressors you use :-) Dragonwave also uses GigE with PoE for instance

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-19 Thread John Thomas
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:01 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Don't think so, pretty confident gigabit is 2 pair still. Could be wrong... On 11/18/09, Mike Hammett wispawirel

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Mike
- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Hammett
List' wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Just think about it, Cat5 is 4 pair. You need 2 pair for transmit and receive. 4 conductors total. We sometimes use one of the other pair for PoE and the other pair is lost. Cat5 is twisted pair, so is phone wire. Twisted

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Hammett
, November 17, 2009 11:58 PM To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Phone line is twisted pair and normally 2 pair. Transmit and receive. Can easily do 100mbps. You could even get it to do gigabit with not much effort. No PoE though, no pair

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Josh Luthman
http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:58 PM To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Phone line is twisted pair and normally 2

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Hammett
wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Don't think so, pretty confident gigabit is 2 pair still. Could be wrong... On 11/18/09, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: I believe 100 megs requires 2 pair and Gig requires all 4 pair in addition to certain quality

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Robert West
To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 The number of twists per inch makes a difference as well. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Robert West
: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet#1000BASE-T - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references to the standard being 10Mbps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable Any examples? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Kevin Neal ke...@safelink.net

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread D. Ryan Spott
: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references to the standard being 10Mbps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable Any examples? On Tue, Nov 17

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread 3-dB Networks
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Those old phone line units could only do 1Mbps. My question was: Can anyone show me reliable equipment that will do 100Mbps+ on cat 3? Not according to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable or my experience. If such an animal exists, I could use

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread jp
Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Robert West
, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references to the standard being 10Mbps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable Any examples? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Kevin

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Jerry Richardson
18, 2009 3:58 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Think about it. How many DSL connections have you encountered that had a long run of satin phone cord from a block to the DSL modem? I used to have a DSL connection running on some of the UGLIEST station cable

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 100Mbps on cat 3? Really? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Forbes Mercy forbes.me...@wabroadband.comwrote: We currently run a Cat5

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Jerry Richardson
: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:01 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Don't think so, pretty confident gigabit is 2 pair still. Could be wrong... On 11/18/09, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: I believe 100 megs requires 2 pair and Gig requires all 4 pair

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Jerry Richardson
Of course we love standards, that's why there's so many!!! Jerry -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:39 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references to the standard being 10Mbps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
-- From: Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:04 AM To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Just think about it, Cat5 is 4 pair. You need 2 pair for transmit and receive. 4 conductors total. We

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Robert West
: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 VDSL equipment can get up to the 70Mbps range or so... Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:07

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Hammett
...@aircloud.com Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 11:51 AM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 There was a technology that used all 4 pairs. It was a proprietary solution that put Video on one set and data on the other. Broadxxx or something like

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Robert West
: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:50 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.comwrote: The conductors on phone wire are thicker giving more surface area for the electrons to play on, more than the thin Cat5. Huh

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Robert West
, 2009 1:00 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Standard Old School residential phone wire. Heavy gauge 2 pair. Red, black, yellow, green. At least around here, Ohio, the Telco installed some pretty stiff wire. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread eje
rgunder...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:06:37 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Those old phone line units could only do 1Mbps. My question was: Can anyone show me reliable equipment that will do 100Mbps+ on cat 3? Not according to this: http

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
desktops came with them. I never saw them used though. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:07 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Those old phone line units could only do 1Mbps. My question was: Can anyone show me reliable equipment

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references to the standard being 10Mbps: http

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 3:58 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Think about it. How many DSL connections have you encountered that had a long run

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread RickG
. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:50 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Robert West robert.w...@just

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Robert West
Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:18 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 If I read the specs correctly, it only does 10Mbps over cat3. To get the higher speeds you need cat 5 or better. -RickG On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM, jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread 3-dB Networks
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Is that both directions? Maybe thats the answer to Forbes question? -RickG On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:26 PM, 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net wrote: VDSL equipment

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Jerry Richardson
To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Yep... I wouldn't use this specific product in a house... but it's the only VDSL equipment I have firsthand experience with. http://tinyurl.com/yefhy2q Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Jerry Richardson
, November 18, 2009 11:39 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 If you really get stuck, the Netgear PowerLine thingy's actually work. Otherwise NetSys Ethernet repeaters will do 25Mbps. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread Matt
There's the confusion.  2 standards.  One with 4 pair and one with 2 pair. Gotta love standards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet#1000BASE-T The Motorola PTP600 has a GigE port and POE. So will POE still work with GigE? Matt

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread 3-dB Networks
Of Matt Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:11 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 There's the confusion.  2 standards.  One with 4 pair and one with 2 pair. Gotta love standards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet#1000BASE-T The Motorola PTP600 has

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Ryan Spott
I do this when the customer has a smart closet http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?minisite=10027respid=22372 It works great. Until we get Gig-E wireless... then boy oh boy, I might have to do some re-wiring! ryan On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Forbes Mercy

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Bret Clark
You may not have to rewire...depends a lot on the distance of the link, but Cat 3 will work. Ryan Spott wrote: I do this when the customer has a "smart closet" http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/ibeCZzpHome.jsp?minisite=10027respid=22372 It works great. Until we get Gig-E wireless... then boy

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread jp
Cat3 == phone line phone line != Cat3 Phone wiring doesn't even have to make the scale of categories. A lot of the phone wiring is put in daisy chained with wire nuts, by electricians, homeowners, etc... On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:12:10PM -0800, Forbes Mercy wrote: We currently run a Cat5

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Cat3 == phone line phone line != Cat3 Phone wiring doesn't even have to make the scale of categories. A lot of the phone wiring is put in daisy chained with wire nuts, by electricians, homeowners, etc... On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:12:10PM -0800, Forbes Mercy

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Old cat3 has a myriad of stubs...it's awful. You'll never figure out what's happening. . . . J o n a t h a n -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of jp Sent

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Mike Hammett
Enough pairs for data and power? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Forbes Mercy forbes.me...@wabroadband.com Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:12 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread RickG
100Mbps on cat 3? Really? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Forbes Mercy forbes.me...@wabroadband.comwrote: We currently run a Cat5 into the wall then put a jack into the house. My question is since you can get 100MB through a Cat3 which is the same as a phone line why can't we run the

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Kevin Neal
With the right equipment I've heard of gigabit over rusted old barbwire! -Kevin On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: 100Mbps on cat 3? Really? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Forbes Mercy forbes.me...@wabroadband.comwrote: We currently run a Cat5 into the

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Josh Luthman
Cat3 is only 3 pair is it not? On 11/17/09, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: Enough pairs for data and power? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Forbes Mercy

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread RickG
That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references to the standard being 10Mbps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable Any examples? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Kevin Neal ke...@safelink.net wrote: With the right equipment I've heard of gigabit over rusted

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Robert West
: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 That would be great! But, I cant find anything on the net except references to the standard being 10Mbps: http

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Robert West
Of RickG Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 100Mbps on cat 3? Really? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Forbes Mercy forbes.me...@wabroadband.comwrote: We currently run a Cat5 into the wall then put a jack into the house. My

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Gary Garrett
Guys, The Category rating has to do with the number of twists per inch. The more twists the more the noise cancels out. Noise screws up Data. Noise usually comes from AC power somewhere. The lower the cat number the more screwed up your Data will be. Period. Robert West wrote: Phone line is

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Robert West
Of Kevin Neal Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:39 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 With the right equipment I've heard of gigabit over rusted old barbwire! -Kevin On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: 100Mbps on cat 3? Really

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread Robert West
Of Gary Garrett Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:07 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 Guys, The Category rating has to do with the number of twists per inch. The more twists the more the noise cancels out. Noise screws up Data. Noise usually comes from AC power