I have purchased a SIXNET IO EtherTrak DS1 which converts a field DTE or DCE Serial device communications device into an Ethernet network with the serial signal mapped back to a Windows PC COM...
I am about to purchase manufactured (terminated at both ends) Cat-6 cables in various lengths like 5, 10, 20, 30 metres.
The main reason I wish to do this is to setup a robust & reliable giga...
Network Throughput Utilization:
Much of our network is Cat5e, we were thinking of upgrading everything to cat 6. After running some network utilization tests, I found that we are only obtain...
i cant get my laptop online, when i try to get online it asks me for a "WEP key 1. I went to the 192.168.1.1. but still cant find the wep key 1. Does anyone know where i can find this? Its a l...
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How do I select,buy a Server Rack if it is a first time purchase?What mistakes should I avoid and what things/particulars should I consider before the buying process?
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I have an older system with a BNC / 10BASE2 connector. I connect to it via my network with an older hub with both RJ45 connectors and one BNC connector. The hub bit the dust.
I found a 50...
I want to plug my computer into the cat 5 jack in a room downstairs, but I don't know how to get the wire box upstairs to make the wires throughout the house 'hot'
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I need to have an internal network connection that is about 3000 feet from each end. I try to avoid using LRE, and fber optic is not an option. Does anybody know what is the best way to ...
I just bought one from Fry's today, refurbished, for 1399$.
A couple of questions have come up for me, pardon my ignorance!!
a) it says to connect a phone line so that it can make a phone ca...
I ran into a situation where a building had been wired already. When I tested the line, which was a direct line from the drop to the server room, it returned a 'Split Pair' indication. All ...
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I am going to be setting up approximately 10 racks of servers and networking equipment. Is there an easy way or software tool to calculate the length of all of the patch cables I wi...
Up until two weeks ago my home PC was running fine. Suddenly my wired connection would not give a new IP address. When I disabled the device, re enabled it, and tried to grab a new IP the co...
I have a cat5e run that is terminated with the 568-B standard, but the green striped pin is damaged along the run and I can not replace the cable.
Is there a way I can re-terminate this l...
I feel like I am asking a dumb question however I'll admit I know nothing about fiber channel. Here is the scenario: I have two Apple G5 edit suites running Final Cut Pro. Both have eSATA driv...
I need to bury a cable in the ground between two buildings. The distance would be about 150 metres (500 feet) or so.
Can I buy a product to "splice" in the line that would extend the range...
I have an FIC K8M-800M motherboard running Windows XP professional. This is a new installation. I went to the FIC site and downloaded the drivers for the motherboard and everything seems to wo...
I'm hoping that someone out there may know what I'm talking about. I'm trying to find somewhere to order wire hooks to run network wires through above ceiling tiles. We had them at the last ...
I am troubleshooting problems at a location that has cable locations terminated with a 66 block?
I know this was commonly used with Cat3 cable. I thought it was discontinued with Cat5e. Since...
We're moving into a new office, and I'm buying all the materials for the installation of the network. There are a bunch of patch panels left over from the previous tenant. Can we use those o...
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I have a friend who is building a house and wants to use cat6 cabling. However, he has been led to beleive its imperative that its laid correctly, ie with no twists more than 10mm.
D...
Ive jsut cracked open a foil shielded CAT5 cable (FTP) to find an extra wire inside. Does anyone know where this is meant to be connected... or if it is supposed to be connected at all? Many t...
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I am making a diagram of my office-network and was wondering if there is such a thing as a color standard. Does Cisco or CompTIA have a best practices as far as color-coding ...
I need to run either cat5e or cat6 between 2 buildings in an underground duct.
The run is about 115m so it may or may not work. It will only be running 10 BaseT ethernet but I was thinking ...
I know that there are special Cat5/5e/6 RJ45 connectors for stranded cable, but what about keystone jacks? Can your standard keystone jack accept stranded cable without tearing through the fi...
I have a client with 3 computers and a network printer that I networked all together. One computer (the most powerful one) serves as a computer and server. The other two run a specific Salon...
