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Re: [PLUG] coupling ethernet cables
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Note that re: "clip the ends off & splice them together" you can't have more than
1/4" of any pairs untwisted, or the cable worn't work as cat5. Easier to buy a new
one -- under $10 for a 50-footer.
Tom
Darxus wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Jack Wilkinson wrote:
>
> > I have two 25-foot ethernet (RJ-45) cables, and I just set up a system 50
> > feet away from the nearest hub. Is there any way to couple them together
> > effectively? I bought an 8-pin telephone coupler from Radio Shack, but that
> > doesn't appear to work, and it says RJ-31 in small print on the back.
>
> I've seen and used rj45 couplers, but they messed up the pairs, so that
> you had to use 2 couplers & 3 cables (even number of couplers & odd number
> of cables) or it wouldn't work. Hell, you could clip the ends off &
> splice them together.
>
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