DEC cables

Ade> Also, not strictly sure if this is on-topic or not, but: I'm Ade> planning to install 2 or 3 Cat5e cables from the garage to the Ade> house. 1 will be a genuine ethernet; the other two (or maybe 3) Ade> I'd like to use as serial cables: If I simply wire them as Ade> normal ethernet, will they work OK as serial comms cables; or Ade> should I wire them differently? Since I plan to make my own Ade> [device] --> [RJ45] and [RJ45] --> [terminal] cables to link to Ade> the Cat5e "bridge" cabling, I have complete control over how Ade> they are wired up. Ethernet cable is paired oddly -- it doesn't have pairs attached to adjacent pins, but the pairs go 1-2, 3-6, 4-5, 7-8. I remember someone trying to do an Ethernet link test with a full 100 meter spool that was wired to adjacent pairs. Lots of bit errors... Anyway, terminal links are slow enough that the pairing isn't critical. We use Cat5 patch cords here at work for everything, including UART connections. It works fine. paul