cyrnel

Was it an enet connector or a phone connector? It may have been a crossover adapter. There are several connectors that would appear to accept the enet cables while providing 130ft of nothing.

100M is the spec limit but it's affected by device implementation and cable "flaws". Wire nuts would be flaw-tastic, as would untwisted sections or big, nasty, exposed and wrapped pieces of the cable. They act as antenna and the straight sections destroy noise immunity. As mentioned, if you must, just splice as cleanly as possible keeping as much twist as possible.

<a href="http://www.swhowto.com/CAT5_Ch1.htm">Here's one of a bazillion how-to's.</a>

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