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From: andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh)
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Subject: Re: 10BaseT installation
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.214405.11827@jhereg.osa.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 21:44:05 GMT
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In article <1991Apr6.011139.1572@netcom.COM> cmilono@netcom.COM (Carlo Milono) writes:
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>and their product is standard.  Secondly, it is a misnomer to use the RJ45
>name for an 8-pin jack - the correct terminology is the ISO 8877 jack.  The
							 ^^^^^^^^
OK, got it... All I knew was RJ45, but in keeping with my good intentions
toward solid international standards in technical communication, the above
use is noted, and adopted.
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>Lastly, you can run your 10BASE-T on household 'quad' wire and get an
>appropriate cord (twisted preferably) to splay the four wires into the
>10BASE-T standard spacing within the ISO jack.  I have several locations
>where the only wire available was a six-conductor wire split between two
>four-wire jacks - the first being a true RJ11.  Works fine.
					  ^^^^
Huh? Now I feel ripped off. I learned "8-pin RJ45" = ISO 8877, but what is
the ISO number for RJ11? Why wasn't it used here? I be confuse.

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