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  1. Re:Rogers Pay As You Go? by torqer · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen?

    Here's the link.

    It really is handy for off the beaten path travels.

    http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html

  2. Re:Rogers Pay As You Go? by HybridJeff · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen?

    Sim cards (at least with Rogers) are $10 at a rogers store. If you're still looking for a cell tower map, check out this site. It shows all the towers, sortable by carrier. http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/cancellsites.html

  3. Can be worth it, but not always. by onyxruby · · Score: 1 · on Handmade vs. Commercially Produced Ethernet Cables
    It can make sense to do it yourself dependant upon the value of your time vs a contractor. If your cost is $50 an hour, than the cables and tools have to come in cheaper than that. If you can't afford a contractor than you'll need to learn to do it yourself. You'll also need to do it yourself if you need custom length cables. Some tips from what I have learned.
    1. Don't buy cheap tools! Buy a good quality Paladin or equivalent crimper. Home Depot sells them and they are readily available online.
    2. Buy a good quality tester cable tester from Fluke or equivalent. There might be a halfway decent occasional use one for under $200, but better to be safe on this one.
    3. Buy your RJ45 plugs in bulk online. Don't buy them retail or you will pay too much money.
    4. Buy a good quality punchdown tool, dont buy a cheap one.
    5. Study up on how to make the cables, it should not take more than a few hours to get it down.

    If you will need to run cables through the walls and plenum than things can change quite a bit, especially for a commercial building. That is where you need to read up on code and the like.

    Test, test, test! Every tests should be repeatable, don't consider it good until you have done so. Use your cable tester for doing the tests. Just because your notebook detects 1000 Mbps connection does not mean you have a good quality connection. Lastly, if you have to buy the tools personally, save the receipts as these are considered "Tools of the trade" and you may be able to write them off on taxes.

  4. Re:gbit and PoE by garignak · · Score: 1 · on New Computer Powered By PoE
    Grandparent post wrote:

    and gbit new uses all 4 pairs

    Parent post wrote:

    No. Gigabit ethernet uses the same pairs as 10/100 ethernet.

    Um, 1000base-T DOES use all four pairs. A quick google search turned up the following links...

    http://pinouts.ru/data/ethernet1000baset_pinout.sh tml http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/ethernetcables .html
  5. Re:#$@#$ fans by johnMG · · Score: 2, Informative · on VIA Epia SP 13000 Review

    > How does one tell what voltage an AGP card is? You go by the gaps in the end of the AGP card that slides into the AGP slot. See http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/agpcompatibili ty.html

  6. Here's the real figures by Nintendork · · Score: 1 · on Fiber To The Dorm Room
    1000baseT uses all four wire pairs and will run on most CAT5. Advertising says that it requires CAT5e, but that's just the lowest spec they can guarantee will work because it's got higher requirements that crappy CAT5 can't meet. CAT5 has been around since 1991 and because the University upgraded their network six years ago, I'd imagine that it's good quality.

    According to their VP of IS, they were future proofing to save money in the long term. I just hope they tested their current CAT5 for 1000baseT operation and it failed (I doubt it). If it was good enough, 1000baseT would have carried them through at least another six years and they would have only needed to upgrade the switches. Something tells me that this VP was just spending for the bling-bling and is a non-technical, overpaid, PHB. If I'm right, the fucker should be fired for wasting school and student money. A friend of mine working at a pretty big company just went through the same ordeal with his PHB. She (The PHB) got featured in an article because she upgraded to the buzzword "Fiber".

    Check out these links for some good information and specs. Also, I managed to dig up some information provided by the company that installed the fiber.

    -Lucas

  7. Fastest AGP 2x card? (HHOS) by abischof · · Score: 1 · on Tom's 46 Video Card Roundup

    It may seem a bit unusual to ask about fast AGP 2x cards, (especially since we're up to 8x now) but I have an older motherboard and that's the most it'll take :-/. It's an Asus K7M -- one of the first Slot A boards -- and it only supports the AGP 1.0 spec (AGP 1x/2x).

    You'd think that AGP would be backwards compatible, but that's doesn't appear to be the case. Due to voltage changes as the spec evolved, my motherboard will only supply 3.3v (as opposed to 1.5v or even 0.8v of some of the other AGP versions). And, while there is a "Universal AGP 3.0" spec which supports all three voltages, I'm not sure which cards fit into that category or even if those cards may still be keyed in favor of more recent motherboards.

    For what it's worth, the processor in there is an Athlon 700. And I only have a TNT2 in there now but I figure that if I can get a more recent card (relatively speaking), perhaps I can perhaps enjoy some Quake III on there from time to time :).