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It's summer: are your servers drowsy?

...way to figure out which servers they are is to unplug the Cat5 and wait for the phone to ring. So the really useful part... Read more

15 July, 2010

Cabling tips

Whether you work for an enterprise help desk or provide freelance support, you'll probably have to pull some cables during your career. Find out how you can make the job a little easier with a slingshot, fishing reel, metal chain, and a magnet Read more

18 February, 2003 by Van Glick

Successful test of audio over CAT5

...have just successfuly tested transmission of near-line-level audio over the cat5 cables I’ve recently finished installing. The amplifiers and matrix switcher have... Read more

10 May, 2008
The anatomy of <endeca_term>CAT5</endeca_term> cable

The anatomy of CAT5 cable

...This quick-reference chart provides essential information for those who work with CAT5 and CAT5e cable. It reveals the cable's internal components, outlines the... Read more

5 April, 2005
Cable Star - <endeca_term>Cat5</endeca_term> Edition 1.5

Cable Star - Cat5 Edition 1.5

...handy tool for IT employees and network cable installers alike. Cable Star - Cat5 contains two diagrams of pin-outs for a straight thru cable ends... Read more

5 September, 2001
<endeca_term>Cat5</endeca_term> Cabling 1.5

Cat5 Cabling 1.5

Allows you to keep track of your cat5 cabling for your network. Keep tabs on the installation, management and tracking... Read more

24 August, 2003

Wiring the house

...lifted some of the carpets and floorboards and installed some runs of cat5 and speaker cable. In total there are 24 cat5 cables and 4... Read more

28 November, 2007

My 19" Rack - Phase 3 - The cable tray

One of the other projects underway is wiring the house up with Cat5 and speaker cable, and there are several other cables that need to... Read more

26 November, 2007
NComputing X300

NComputing X300

...Windows over IP). Maximum cable length is limited to 5 metres for CAT5 cable, or 7 metres for CAT6 cable. Next to the RJ-45... Read more

14 February, 2008 by Terry Relph Knight

Designing a basic Asterisk VoIP system for SIP clients

Asterisk can be a powerful VoIP solution, but configuring it can be tricky; there are no fancy point-and-click GUIs. Here's how to configure Asterisk by fine-tuning the appropriate configuration file Read more

1 September, 2007 by Brian Smith

Virtual Mania Part 2

...now. Sort of the ultimate software firewall. Nothing still beats disconnecting the Cat5 though this comes close. Like misters Watson and Meyer, I have been... Read more

25 January, 2009

Whole House Audio system: version 1 is complete

...audio signals to the speakers were installed along with 24 runs of CAT5 before moving into the house. The audio is routed to the amplifiers... Read more

14 July, 2008

A $40 CONSUMER-class router has created SP-Update-Hell.

...router has wireless 802.11b/g on it, the office routers are CAT5 only. All of my SP3 tests were done behind one or the... Read more

29 June, 2008

Completing the data wiring

...quite enough especially when it comes to distributing analogue audio & video over CAT5 (i.e. not as IP data) since at least one port is... Read more

6 May, 2008

Re-running cables

...into the pantry. Until yesterday, the 4 x speaker and 6 x CAT5 cables going to the pantry were laid under the carpet, then pushed... Read more

17 February, 2008

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

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Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

6 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

6 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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