At 04:25 PM 12/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually, only 4 wires are used.Ê A typical utp cat ethernet cable has
>twisted pairs on pins 1&2, 3&6, 4&5, and 7&8.Ê 10BaseT and 10oBaseTX only
>use pairs 1&2 and 3&6.
>Ê

Maybe someone could answer a nagging question that I have: Why does it need
TWO pairs? Thinnet (10-Base-5) obviously runs on coax, which has only two
conductors, or one pair. I don't see whay they couldn't have combined xmit
and recv on one pair, considering that it can't do full fuplex anyway, can it?

Thanks,

Sean

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