The problem with a 100-pair cable is you'll get crosstalk between pairs. Those 100-pair bundles are usually used for telephone which doesn't care about a few lost bits here and there. If you're only running at 10Mbit or only a few pairs at a time, you might be okay. But if you try to do 100Mbit, you're probably going to have trouble. Perhaps what you could do is stick a switch up in the attic, with one line going to wherever you would put one end of the 100-pair bundle, and then run the line from each room up to the switch in the attic. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 11/12/01, 11:33:42 AM, "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> wrote regarding [TCLUG] Ethernet wall jacks: > Where's the cheapest place to buy ethernet wall jacks? In town would be > best, but online is fine too. > Also, instead of running a big bundle of cat 6 up to my attic, can I just > put a cross connect panel on each end and run a 100 pair in between? I > don't think I have enough room to run as many separate cables as I would > like. Where would I get a 100 pair cable? I know they make them, but short > of ripping one out of the ceiling here at work, I don't know where to find > them. > Jay > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list