I meant to add:
1. Never seen minimums lengths for cat 5/5e/6 specifically 2. I have use .5' cables for 100 base-T many times, but not 1000 base-T (although I don't foresee an issue) -- Espi On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < [email protected]> wrote: > I have never seen an ANSI/TIA/EIA spec that dictates cable length > minimums. Only that there must not be more than .5" untwisted at either > end. > > -- > Espi > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Derrenbacker, L. Jonathan < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm getting ready to replace some switch stacks. Our current >> cabling(patch to switch) is a mess, so I'm ripping out and starting from >> scratch. >> >> I'm looking around at cable design, and I like the short 6'' cat5 cables, >> like this: >> >> http://static.spiceworks.com/shared/post/0001/6788/FEX48pt.jpg >> >> >> >> My concern is I think the IEEE minimum CAT5 cable length is 1.5 meters, >> but I'm not sure if that's only for cables between active devices or not. >> >> >> >> Anyone know for sure and/or have experience using short cables between >> patch and switch? Any issues? >> >> Not sure if it matters, but it's gig to the desktop POE. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jon >> >> >> > >
