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 <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.versatek.com/products/vxveb160r2.htm > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:06:37PM -0500, RickG wrote: > > 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 it, which is why I asked. > > We may be in game of semantics here. Can you get 100Mbps? I suppose a > short > > cable on the bench might do it but not in the field reliably. In my > > experience, in order to get a reliable connection over cat 3, I had to > lock > > down the switch ports to 10Mbps. I would never claim to know it all but > I've > > been around the block a time or two. The windings are to cancel out EMF > > which can cause errors that affect speed due to transmission retries. The > > speed capability of a cable is due to the quality of its wire rating - > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable and > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable > > Obviously, by utilizing more that 2 pair, you can do some interesting > > things. > > -RickG > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Robert West < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > 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 for that. HOWEVER, the problems come > from > > > the nasty connections everyone including the phone company has made. > Most > > > phone line isn't "clean" like a network cable you would run. Who knows > > > where the hell the splices and rodent chewed ends are at and if they > stick > > > with a common wiring scheme throughout the structure. If it was the > best > > > option, you could at least test and give up quickly if it fell on its > face. > > > > > > There used to be some home networking nics that used the phone lines in > the > > > home and you could also use the phones with the things connected. That > was > > > in the late 1990's, early 2000. Some Gateway desktops came with them. > I > > > never saw them used though. > > > > > > Bob- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > 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 > > > Any examples? > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Kevin Neal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > With the right equipment I've heard of gigabit over rusted old > barbwire! > > > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:32 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 100Mbps on cat 3? 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