Bernhard Kuemel wrote in a message to William Hargrave:
 BK> What is a Cat5 cable (physically)? Is it RJ45/10(0)BaseT?
It is four twisted pairs, each pair twisted about once per centimeter.
The minimum cable required for 10Base-T is Category 3.  It is common to use 
Category 5, which exceeds all requirements for Category 3, for 10Base-T.  
However, Category 5 is officially designed to support 100Base-TX and similar 
100 Mbps systems.
 BK> And back to the topic, is there a good LAN FAQ?
There is a usenet Cabling FAQ from comp.dcom.cabling:
   ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/comp.dcom.cabling/
 
-- Mike
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