[c-nsp] DS3 Cables

Jeff Chan cisco-nsp at jeffchan.com
Sun May 27 08:26:45 EDT 2007


Quoting Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike at swm.pp.se>:

> It would be great if someone with knowledge of this could update the
> wikipedia DS3 article with more specific information regarding cabling. My
> limited use of DS3 has involved using RG59 cables without problems, but
> that's with very short cable distances (less than 5 meters). There is an
> wikipedia article very briefly describing RG59, but no mention of 734 or
> 735. Spending a few minutes on google doesn't reveal to me the difference
> between RG59 and 734/735.
[...]

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ds3
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RG59

Good suggestion.  I added to the ds3 page, including a link to a Belden DS3/DS4
cable cross reference.  Also mentioned the relevant Bellcore cabling standard.

Cheers,

Jeff C.



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