CAT 3? CAT 5? HELP!!

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Name: MikeG
Date: December 17, 2001 at 04:24:23 Pacific
Subject: CAT 3? CAT 5? HELP!!

Comment:

I know networks use CAT 5 cables, but somewhere I heard that CAT 3 is a good second choice. I already have my house wired with CAT 3, and I really don't want to rewire it! Can I use CAT 3 wires with my standard home network (Windows)?

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Response Number 1

Name: Mike
Date: December 17, 2001 at 06:25:44 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

Cat 3 will only support a 10 MB network with any reliability, if you want 100 MB then you would need/want Cat 5.

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Response Number 2

Name: jharper
Date: December 19, 2001 at 13:51:00 Pacific

Reply: (edit)

CAT 3 is what we use for our Meridian Phone system here at work. I am sure it is possible to run maybe a 10mb network on CAT 3, however I have never heard of that. Networking Standard is CAT 5.

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Response Number 3

Name: Student
Date: February 25, 2002 at 03:04:57 Pacific

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can some one help me on the rules of installing CAT 5

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