[Linux] Re: Re: modem problem.

[Kwan Lowe]

"Carl C." wrote:
> 
> At 07:57 PM 7/14/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Nope, attenuation, in a controlled fashion, for the
> >purpose
> >you need it, can be a good thing. Remember,
> >attenuation is the dampening of a signal by outside
> >forces,
> >I bet he just meant signal dampener.
> >A couple of resistors/caps should do.
> 
> for a great example of attenuation at work....
> 
> Remove the shock absorbers from your car... Now drive over a railroad track
> as fast as you can 8)
> 
Or is this more like [un]damped harmonic motion? :)

Here is a practical example I came across:

I visited a small customer site that had installed their own network
cable. Their in-house technician knew that cat-5 patch cabling was
straight-through. So he crimped and crimped the entire cable set
following the maxim that whatever colors you had on one end, you had on
the other. It worked really well at 10Mbit...
Then they added a few PCs.... 
Then they tried to go to 100Mbit...

Attenuation
unknown until the signal
dies in the wire