shashank_re said:Can we use CAT 5 cable to connect 2PCs?
andrew327 said:100 m or 328 ft is the max limit........
Dude he is asking CAT5 & u r talking bout CAT5e wiring. CAT5e is used for gigabit connectivity. Tho the cable is same but the standard wiring is different than the CAT5 one.......Hacker said:lol, no.
have you personally tried going above the max limit???
The length of the cable between me and my friend is 121m to be exact and it works.
Its a cat5e cable.
andrew327 said:Dude he is asking CAT5 & u r talking bout CAT5e wiring. CAT5e is used for gigabit connectivity. Tho the cable is same but the standard wiring is different than the CAT5 one.......
Hacker said:andrew327 ill tell you a secret, there are 8 wires inside cat5e cable but you just need 4 wires working properly for your network.
The 121m cable we have has 2 wires broken in the middle but still we can use it without any problems.
do u mean two gigabit ethernet for each pc ?blr_p said:See, that's what i would say too, but i've heard ppl say if you have a recent NIC then a cross-cable isn't required.
andrew327 said:Oh my god i didn't knewed that thanks for sharing the secret i wonder how i was able to cable my 2 phone lines around my house while networking my 2 Pcs, one lappy and Xbox together and having a 2 phone jacks at every end on the very same cable :rofl: .
Hacker said:And still u were following the textbook definition of cat5 cables. Weird hyeah: