network segmentation without using vlans

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 04:13:42PM -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> You don't need to enable auto-negotiation.  You can very easily set
> the link speed using a variety of tools used in your Linux distro :-)
> Additionally, there are many wires in a standard CAT6 cable.  Quiz:
> Which wires could you eliminate and still send data out, even linking
> properly to a switch using manual negotiation?  :-)  Are you sure it
> is not possible, or are you merely stating a claim which you have not
> verified...

If you want gigabit, then you can elliminate zero wires.  For 10 or
100Mbit you could leave just the one pair you want (well unless you are
a weirdo using 100BaseT4 in which case you can't elliminate any).

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