Dear Great Minds Not strictly a Beowulf question but I suspect knowledge on the topic lurks herein.
I can't seem to find a straight answer on the "real" *minimum* cable length for gigabit ethernet. I'm looking to make things on my new toy nice and tidy. Assume Cat5e/Cat6 cable, Intel e1000 NICs pushing the data rate to 'maximum', jumbo packets, cut through switching, titanium alloy mounting bracket screws etc. Minimum physical target length of 200mm. >From my limited understanding of such things, surely there would be some sort >of electrical issue with too short a cable corrupting signalling/bits etc? The Net seems to vary between selling you a 0.5m cable v's "never use less than 1.0m" v's "there's no practical limit to how short". Thoughts and comments appreciated. Worse case I'll prolly try a 1m v's a 0.25m and check error rates :) Cheers Stevo _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
