[TriLUG] European Ethernet Cables for Laptop Travelers?

Greg Brown gwbrown1 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 3 10:46:42 EDT 2007


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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