[ale] Cat-5 question

[Geoffrey]

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:

> * These days most CAt-5 cable uses stranded wire, but solid wire
> cables do exist and the rj-45 jacks are different for each -- not
> that I would have been able to tell the difference.

The difference is that for stranded wire, the part of the connector that 
is crimped to the physical wire is designed to go between the strands. 
For solid wire it's designed to 'pinch' the wire, that is go around it. 
  If you use stranded wire connector with solid wire, the connector will 
split the single solid strand and won't necessarily give you a good 
connection.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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