[Asterisk-biz] Forklift a 2000 phone PBX

Herman Webley herman.webley at blitzllc.com
Sun Mar 27 19:09:01 MST 2005


On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 21:19 -0500, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Sunday 27 March 2005 20:06, Preston Garrison wrote:
> > Considering 100Mbps ethernet only uses 4 of the 8 wires, using cat 3
> > wiring is pheasable.  
> 
> 
> You are saying that Cat 3 is feasible because 100Base-T only uses two pairs? 
> Do you mean by that, that we can use it for 2000 clients? I don't follow your 
> reasoning... 
> 
> > It all depends on the quality of the cable. 
> 
> Yes, the grade of the cable determines it's capabilities to adhere to a 
> standard.

Moral of the story: don't take networking advice from someone that
writes 'pheasable' :P

Best regards,
Herman Webley





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