Important note: Cat 5e/6 cable != Ethernet. You folks had me excited for moment there. An accurate headline would have been "...over Cat5e/6". Nothing to do with Ethernet except using the same type of copper wire.
Yeah, it should probably say Ethernet Cable, however it doesn't say that it doesn't use Ethernet IEEE 802.3 signaling standards, which is technically all it needs to qualify as Ethernet (Ethernet is the physical layer only).
No, cable is the physical layer (layer 1). Ethernet is the datalink layer (layer 2). It's not Ethernet if it doesn't use MAC addresses, can't be run over Ethernet hubs/switches, etc.
Exactly. Always nice when someone points this out. I too was incredibly disappointed when I find out that it was not over Ethernet.
In order to benefit from these solutions, you need to make dedicated CAT5e/CAT6 runs just for these devices as well as having your dedicated Ethernet runs.
I'm glad I found that out quick enough before sheetrock was put up on the walls.
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Important note: Cat 5e/6 cable != Ethernet. You folks had me excited for moment there. An accurate headline would have been "...over Cat5e/6". Nothing to do with Ethernet except using the same type of copper wire.
Yeah, it should probably say Ethernet Cable, however it doesn't say that it doesn't use Ethernet IEEE 802.3 signaling standards, which is technically all it needs to qualify as Ethernet (Ethernet is the physical layer only).
No, cable is the physical layer (layer 1). Ethernet is the datalink layer (layer 2). It's not Ethernet if it doesn't use MAC addresses, can't be run over Ethernet hubs/switches, etc.
Exactly. Always nice when someone points this out. I too was incredibly disappointed when I find out that it was not over Ethernet.
In order to benefit from these solutions, you need to make dedicated CAT5e/CAT6 runs just for these devices as well as having your dedicated Ethernet runs.
I'm glad I found that out quick enough before sheetrock was put up on the walls.
Aw damn! I got giddy for nothing.