Hi, > I've been trying to stay way the hell away from this one, there's more > inaccuracies in this thread than I could possibly deal with.
Me too. > > You need to be careful, there's FUD in this. In the case of > switches, cable lengths are irrelevant until the switch to switch connection > gets to about 100 metres. Each switch-to-switch or switch-to-PC connection > (and I am talking about switches) is a segment and so each segment is a > collision domain in itself. True, but also wrong. The specification says 100m. Thus, we all talk about 100m. You can get away with way more than 100m. It depends on your traffic flow. If it is a congested network, you will definately want to get lengths below 100m. If it is a lightly loaded network, 200m will "work". Performance will be suboptimal. However, if mot of the network data is actually web traffic, the real limit is the speed of your ADSL/cable. - And you probably won't notice the difference between 200 and 100m. Now, what does lightly loaded mean? Try it and see. If it works fine, it is ok. Derek. -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
