> *bzzzt* coax (ie, 10 base2) is maxxed out at 185 metres. Thats how > long the minimum ethernet frame (64 bytes) is when transmitted down the > wire (so that the most distant station can detect collisions).
The max length for 10base2 is 185 metres. But that's based on signal degradation. The collision detection requires a maximum cable length of less than 2500m. Note that you can probably get well past this 185m spec if you only have one machine at each end of the cable. > I don't recall the specs for 10base5 (which is also coaxial) but I do > remember the wire is far thicker (hence thicknet and thinnet) 500m for 10base5 (that's what the '5' stands for). - Mark
