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Cat5 to Cat5e to Cat6
So my CNC has cat5 ran throughout the interior body, on the exterior of the machine it has a cat5 connection. I plugged that into a converter extension to cat5e. I connected my 5ft cat5e to a switch. ...
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Identifying a CAT6 cable in a bundle
We had a contractor wire up our office with all the cables leading back to a central location. The only problem is that he didn't label anything, so we have no idea which cables go to which room. One ...
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Cat 5/6 Software based cable certification
Is there any software that will certify cable using only two NIC's and software to run the test?
Would a NIC be able to test a cable based on the physical internals that it's made of?
I'm ...
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Is there a way to measure the speed after changing over from CAT 5/ CAT 5e to CAT6?
We have recently done a change in our network by using CAT 6 cabling.
Now I would like to measure the speed difference when I use Cat 5 or Cat5 e and Cat 6.
Is there a way to find out the same?
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How Many Wires Are in an Ethernet Cord?
Bought a spool of wire for networking. Ran it a long distance and thought we could hook up the wires to a plug at the end (not sure how to describe this).
However the spool of cord/wire we bought is ...
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Where to purchase quality network cable? [closed]
I'm interested to know where other folks buy networking cable in bulk. Many of the places I've found appear somewhat "iffy", and I'd like to buy from a reputable outfit that will be around the next ...
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