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Originally posted by hrdwareguy
There are 8 wires in a network cable. Of those 8 cables, only 4 are used in network communication.
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True for Fast Ethernet (100Mbps). Not true for Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps). There's other layer 2 network protocols (i.e. same layer as Ethernet) that may require 4 pairs.
Of course, I'm just nitpicking.
