That was a "standard" across the AMP jacks... you could get one Cat5 100Mbps, or two 10Mb "split cable" jacks. It was a matter of which "insert" you plugged into the socket.
It wasn't my decision, and I cringe everytime I see one, but they're still around in our older campus buildings. Jeff On 12/18/2013 4:42 PM, John York wrote: > > Years ago I “got creative” and made some patch cables that allowed me > to put two 10M hosts on a single jack instead of pulling new cables. > The boss said unkind things and shoved a notebook of the TIA-568 spec > in my face. Ah, the bad old days…;-) > > John > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey Sessler > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 18, 2013 4:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 802.11AC Future Infrastructure > > > > There is also the option, if you're a vendor that owns both ends (AP > and Switch) to do something creative with only a single Cat5/6. > > > > Jeff > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
