Re: A minimalist network

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Thursday 18 August 2016 16:07:28 rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> Back in the "good ole days" there used to be a minimum segment / cable
> length for an Ethernet cable--I don't recall to what all it applied--i.e.,
> I don't recall if it applied to thick Ethernet, thin (coax) Ethernet, Cat 5
> and Cat 6, all of the above or just some of the above.  I always used a
> minimum of 6' and that worked for me.

I have frequently used shorter ones.  I think that the shortest I have ever 
actually used was 30 cm. (12") (Cat 5 and Cat 5e.)  So far I have never had 
occasion to use a short Cat6 patch cable.

Lisi