On 03/20/2017 04:37 PM, John Andersen wrote:
Bending was actually a problem in coax because it was radio waves traveling down the cable, and signal strength would diminish after the bends.
Cat5 is simply digital on/off signals (voltage), and it is not hampered by bends.
You may want to look up what constitutes a square wave. It's an infinite series of harmonics. Gigabit Ethernet runs at about 135 MHz fundamental frequency and, last I heard, that's RF. When a cable is deformed, either coax or twisted pair, an impedance bump is created that will affect the signal. Also, should you look up what's actually on the wire, you'll find gigabit Ethernet uses 5 level pulse amplitude modulation and Trellis encoding, so it's not simply on/off signals. Never has been, even with 10 Mb. Ethernet. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org