dfc@macs.UUCP (David Caldwell) (03/07/91)
We are installing Ethernet into a new building and we want to install 10-base-T cable. We also want to use the same cables for async serial communications for offices that are not equiped with Ethernet machines but will be equiped as such in the future. We have been told by Cabletron Industries that we need a cable that conforms to the 258-A standard. This cable is an 8 wire flat cable designed for crimp on connections to RJ45 plugs. We have no idea what this 258-A standard is or from whence it comes nor can we find any specifications for cables which conform to this standard from any of the standard cable manufacturers like Belden. BTW, this cable is supposed to have wires 1&2 twisted and 3&6 twisted. What we would like to know is if anyone else has run 10-base-T and asynch over the same cable at the same time and how was it done? Send replies to mdg@macs or griffith@stetson.BITNET Thanks, David Caldwell Stetson University