Re: [expert] CAT-5 10BaseT cable max length

[William Ahern]

On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > Anyone know how long I can got with Cat-5 10BaseT cabling and not have
> > attenuation errors or lost data, etc?
> >
> IIRC, it's a couple hundred yards at least... However, as I
> recall, there's also the total length of your network to
> consider. If it's longer than, say, 3-400 yards, you might
> need to consider some repeaters...
>       John

i thought hub broke up segments? this guy,
http://wwwhost.ots.utexas.edu/ethernet/10quickref/ch5qr_8.html, calls them
'multi-port repeaters'.

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