ethernet cable

[Richard Crowley]

I am sure he meant to use the pairs correctly, as in make sure pins 1 and 2 are one pair, and 3 and 6 are another pair, and not some other way around.

You don't have to buy "premium" network cable to get the wiring right.   

[extide]

I am sure he meant to use the pairs correctly, as in make sure pins 1 and 2 are one pair, and 3 and 6 are another pair, and not some other way around.

You don't have to buy "premium" network cable to get the wiring right.   

Well, looking at the link now, yeah, that is pure bs.

[Zero999]

Besides, they don't even know how to spell "cord"

They mean chord as in music, which is totally different to a length of cord.

But there's more data flowing one way that the other, so the end which sends more data should always be physically located higher than the other end. You save money on your electricity bill doing that, letting gravity take the strain.

If there is a an impedance bump caused by putting the cable over a wall or something, you can help the data flow by sucking on the downstream end RJ45* before plugging it into the receiving device. Using siphon technology you can fix no end of cabling problems. Another way to do this is to blow on the upstream end immediately before plugging it in.

* this is not to be done on PoE equipped network cabling.

Shit, I just realised, it looks like you were serious. Of course, the earth's gravity has no effect on the propagation of a signal down a length of cable. Please keep the audiophool stuff off here!

[Richard Crowley]

They mean chord as in music, which is totally different to a length of cord.

Yes, we all know that.  And that has something to do with digital cabling how, exactly?

Shit, I just realised, it looks like you were serious. Of course, the earth's gravity has no effect on the propagation of a signal down a length of cable. Please keep the audiophool stuff off here!

Even audiophools aren't that phoolish, are they?   

[IanB]

Shit, I just realised, it looks like you were serious.

Look, there's satire, and perhaps there can be meta-satire. But when it comes to meta-meta-satire it's going too far. Stop it please.

[Zero999]

Shit, I just realised, it looks like you were serious.

Look, there's satire, and perhaps there can be meta-satire. But when it comes to meta-meta-satire it's going too far. Stop it please.

The trouble is it can often be difficult to distinguish between satire and an article which may be intended to be serious but is so false it's absurd.

[christos]

well ,,im in greece and i have a 8mbps internet,,,,if i test the speed with Speedtest.net with a standard 1m ethernet cable im getting 7.1 mbps and 39 ping,,,with the phone cable in 50m im geting 6.8mbps and 44 ping,,,so im happy with that,,for me its no loss with 10 euro cable

[Howardlong]

They mean chord as in music, which is totally different to a length of cord.

Yes, we all know that.  And that has something to do with digital cabling how, exactly?

Shit, I just realised, it looks like you were serious. Of course, the earth's gravity has no effect on the propagation of a signal down a length of cable. Please keep the audiophool stuff off here!

Even audiophools aren't that phoolish, are they?   

I'm not a betting man, but I'd hazard a guess that anyone who'd burn £3,200 (~$5,000 US) on a 3 metre patch cable might have a bit of a problem, and it won't be because they've plugged it in the wrong way around.

[rob77]

actually the phone twisted pair , or cat3 cables (they're marked as SYKFY in my country) are good enough for short ethernet conncetions but ONLY If THERE IS DEFINITELY NO OTHER OPTION the cost of a 4 x 2 x 0.5  Cat3 is the same as for the Cat5 ethernet cable, so there is really no reason to use cat3. and of course 100Mbit is troublesome (in other words.. almost unusable) on longer Cat3 cables.

[Richard Crowley]

They can't spell "cord" and apparently they have problems with "array" as well.  A prime exhibit of audiophoolishness!