Thanks for the replies.

I am sure the cable will lie outside and we will wait till the system down
again before we make a better repair.

2008/12/6 Herbert Graf <mailinglist4@farcite.net>

> On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 22:01 -0600, G=F6khan SEVER wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Recently, I have needed to make couple of ethernet cable ends. These
> CAT-5
> > cables carry eight pins, but to make a proper cable only 4-pins are
> > necessary either for straight or crossover configuration. So, what is t=
he
> > advantage of putting all 8-pins in male-pugs, while only half is enough?
>
> Well, off hand you'll kill any chance to go for gigabit some day since
> it uses all 4 pairs. If you are sure you want to stick with 100BaseT
> then you can use the spare two pairs for other things. I once worked at
> a company where each 4 pair cable was actually used for two ethernet
> links, it worked, but frankly I would just get the extra cable as needed
> and do it "right".
>
> TTYL
>
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