Anyone got experience of using wet string, washing line etc., as substitute for the extruded gold that must be used inside most manufacturers ethernet cables? Thanks in advance. Lindsay F. Marshall uucp : ...!{mcvax,vax135}!ukc!lfm ARPA : Lindsay_Marshall%NEWCASTLE at MIT-MULTICS post : Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. +44 - 632 - 329233 xtn 212