[TriLUG] European Ethernet Cables for Laptop Travelers?

[Warren Myers]

we had GigE at Elon, but they'd still run just fine with CAT3... not fast,
of course... but the cable's standard - the switches should autonegotiate
down for the cable/NIC speed anyway

WMM

On 8/3/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Things get dusty this far back in my memory but if I recall Mannheim went
> gig to the user ports which would require Cat5e or Cat6.  I'd carry a cat6
> cable just in case.
>
> Greg
>
> On 8/3/07, James Brigman <jbrigman at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone in TriLUG speak from experience about what ethernet cables
> > one needs to be able to connect a Dell laptop to a typical European
> > university ethernet network?
> >
> > I've got a student going to Mannheim for the fall and we hear that the
> > typical US twisted-pair RJ45 ethernet cables aren't compatible, which
> > also makes me worry that the physical layer signals may not be
> > compatible either.
> >
> > Thanks;
> > JKB
> >
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