Re: 96% packet loss on my network

[Jay Barbee <jybarb01@torch.adm.louisville.edu>]

At 2/14/99 01:36 PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote:
>
>> I plugged in my other laptop using the same pcmcia NIC and
>> wire.  Same amount of packet loss.
>> 
>> Do I conclude that it's either my hub or the wires?
>
>Why kind of wire, I seem to remember them labled class 3 through 5 and
>needing a class 5 for 100 base T.

FastEthernet is CAT5 wiring, and standard 10baseT is CAT3.

All wiring needs to be up to snuff to get FastEthernet.

--Jay