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How do you filter out noise on a network

Hi
We have installed a small LAN which contains 4 pc & 8 port switch box , we are having problems with the network and suspect there is noise on the line's ,How do you filter a cat5 cable
regards turlough
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Why do you suspect that there is a noise on the line? What are the symptoms?
Also: what do you mean filter? (For physical noise - try using screened cable (I am not sure whether CAT5 is screened from static electricity and magnectic fields).
Use Shielded cable if you are concerned with outside interference.
Yeah, "shielded" I meant, not "screened" - poor translation from Hebrew. :)
Shielded and screened both exist, and are different from each other.  Normal Cat5 is neither.  Cat5 Screened has metal around the outside of the connector (which connects to screen around the pairs running the length of the cable) -- it doesn't achieve much unless you have a way to ground this.
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turlough, describe the problems you're having with the network.  There are way too many things that can stop a network from performin as it should.  The better quality information you can post about the problems suffered on your network. the better chance someone will be able top help you.  Your question does not make sense.

In the meanwhile, are there any transmitters close by?

Think is, with cat5e cable that's wired correctly, the tranmit pair and receive pair are twisted.  One wire carries the data.  The other is a mirror image of the other.  For one that helps cancel noice on the wire and second is that the electronics can tell if the signal has been corrupted.  I assume this would cause the hardware in the network adapters to re-transmit.  It not that, at least signal an error to the operating system that's sending to the OS can re-transmit data.

This could be a software problem?  The switch could be faulty?  Etc....

We need a batter description of the problem.