100BaseT does not use all 4 pairs. It uses the same 2 pair as 10BaseT. 1000BaseT does use all 4 pairs.
-brandon On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 12:40, Brian Henning wrote: > > One thing I can tell you is that the non-working cable has only 4 > conductors > > crimped. For long cables, should all 8 be crimped? > > As I understand it, 10-base-T needs 4 conductors (two signal, two ground) > and 100-base-T requires all 8 (four signal, four ground). > > Someone correct me if I'm wrong! > > Cheers, > ~Brian > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
