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

[Jack Malone]

At 12:21 PM 11/10/99 -0500, Joseph S. Gardner wrote:
>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.
>
>My MCSE book sez 100 meters (~300 ft) for Cat-5 UTP 10BaseT and if memory
serves
>me correctly it is cut down to 50 meters (~150 ft) for Cat-5 100BaseT
>
for 100Base its 185 meters for Cat-5 if my microsoft  Networking Essentials
book is right. 

jack
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