Cable ends: how important is standard?
I note that if you don't follow the 568A/B standard and just connect the pins according to matching colors, straight thru, then a cable will work. If it's short, anyway. How long would you think that a CAT5e cable need to be before the failure to follow the standard would cause so much inductance that the cable might fail? I'm wondering if a 50-meter cable might fail for that reason. A network cable tester confirms signals on each connector, but NIC cards don't recognize it. It's not wired according to standard. (Don't ask me why: it's a long story I don't fully understand myself.) Thx.
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Newbie in LAN and Telecom Cabling
