Heh, I've run many single drops of over 200 meters on Cat-5e using
100BaseT w/o problems to connect buildings together.

Everything is in the shielding.

-JMS

|-----Original Message-----
|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
|[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ed Kasky
|Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 6:19 PM
|To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Subject: Re: [newbie] limit of cat5 cables? (length)
|
|
|Quoting liberally from Ethernet Networks by Gilbert Held:
|
|The IEEE 8023 standard for 10BASE-T  using unshielded twisted 
|pair at 10 Mbps, maximum segment length is 100 meters or 328 feet...
|
|Now if you want to get really technical, the 100 meters was originally 
|meant to consist of 3 segments.
|The first segment can be up to 90 meters from a patch panel to a wall 
|plate.  Segments 2 and 3 which can be up to 10 meters in 
|length allow for 
|patch cables at each end of the link.
|
|You are well within the maximum length and it's a lot cheaper than a 
|wireless solution.
|
|At 05:37 PM Saturday, 11/10/2001, Paul wrote -=>
|>Hi, everybody.  I have a DSL connection coming in to the upstairs 
|>computer.  I'd like to connect (withought having to get a new 
|modem) a 
|>computer downstairs to the same connection.  Can I send a cat5 cable 
|>down throught the wall from the router to the downstairs computer? 
|>(approx. 30-40 feet)  Is there a limit to cat5 length in order to 
|>remain effective?  Do I need a wireless solution?  is that even safe?
|
|Ed Kasky
|Los Angeles, CA
|. . . . . . . .
|My friend has a baby.  I'm recording all the noises
|he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.
|        --Steven Wright
|
|
|


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