Ian Douglas wrote:
> > > > Anyone know how long I can got with Cat-5 10BaseT cabling and not have
> > > > attenuation errors or lost data, etc?
>
> Depends on the quality of the cable. I believe the maximum theoretical
> length is like 1200 feet or something.
Well, the official spec in the RFC is 105 meters for coax, but the STP will go
farther.
Intense planning effort is necessary to protect the cable ends from g-force in
a longitudinal direction.
A hub on top of a bookshelf with its interconnecting STP Cat-5 cabling in the
drop ceiling above it was moved by overzealous renovators resulting in a fall
that jerked the cable ends. The result? Short. Hub replaced for excessive
ringing. Ethernet card replaced for excessive ringing, and three hours of my
time figuring out the fault and replacing cable in a ceiling.
I have hubs linked by a 10base2 backbone and it works acceptably. the runs are
8 to 15 meters on the cat 5 and 15 meters between hubs using coax for a total
of 45 meters of coax.
Civileme
