On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:36:04 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Stan Hoeppner writes: >> In the US, in the case of environments such as manufacturing floors etc >> with horrific EMI levels, fiber is used instead of UTP CAT5/6. With EFI >> levels that high, even STP won't save you. > > STP can make things worse as almost nobody knows how to terminate > shields in such a way as to avoid ground loops.
That's no longer true :-) And here it is a good article explaining the shielding advantadges: *** Why shielded twisted-pair matters for 10GBase-T http://www.cablinginstall.com/index/display/article-display/279393/articles/cabling-installation-maintenance/volume-14/issue-12/features/design/why-shielded-twisted-pair-matters-for-10gbase-t.html *** Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jgjt6s$273$2...@dough.gmane.org