just another name for an ethernet cable (cat5)?
What is a PATCH cable?
just another name for an ethernet cable (cat5)?
yes... usually ethernet cables are described as "patch" cables to patch between 2 ports. You should be fine in most applications
And closer...
A patch cable can be any media - coaxial, UTP (ethernet), optical fiber, etc. It typically connects 2 ports together in a communications room.Originally posted by skiAtomic
yes... usually ethernet cables are described as "patch" cables to patch between 2 ports. You should be fine in most applications
I think over again
My small adventures, my fears.
The small ones that seemed so big,
For all the vital things I had to get and to reach.
And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing:
To live to see the great day that dawns,
And the light that fills the world.
-old Inuit song
it's for when the Nicoderm patch just isn't strong enough.
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just be sure they aren't referring to a twisted pair network patch cable, used to connect two old-style hubs to each other or two computers directly to each other. A twisted pair cable is a little different in its construction.
Five years...
The cable you're referring to is also known as a crossover cable.Originally posted by Bires
just be sure they aren't referring to a twisted pair network patch cable, used to connect two old-style hubs to each other or two computers directly to each other. A twisted pair cable is a little different in its construction.
I think over again
My small adventures, my fears.
The small ones that seemed so big,
For all the vital things I had to get and to reach.
And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing:
To live to see the great day that dawns,
And the light that fills the world.
-old Inuit song
Not to split hairs (or pairs - ha ha! Hoo boy, sorry about that, that was bad), but twisted pair can be either straight through (normal) or a crossover cable.Originally posted by Bires
just be sure they aren't referring to a twisted pair network patch cable, used to connect two old-style hubs to each other or two computers directly to each other. A twisted pair cable is a little different in its construction.
All ethernet CAT3 & above runs on twisted pair cable - this just refers to the fact that if you slice open the outer jacket of the cable, the wires inside are twisted together in pairs to reduce interference.
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