Disregard my last email list, I didn't see these other replies. Good info everyone, thanks!
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2014 4:03 PM To: ntsysadm Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] 0.5 foot Cat5 Cables - Too short - Any potential issues? 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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<http://cp.mcafee.com/d/2DRPos81MO86Qm4nQmnQm4PtPqdQQSbCzBBdcSztddyVEVpsd79J6Wr3XyrXbVJ6Wqr5PhOOesdya7NzY26Sa_455vBfUSmTBPpnVj-dBJVsSPHH9EVvovW_8Tu7cITWZOWrbaf9Ts7c9TVqWdAkRrEIsG7DR8OJMddECQjt-hsd7bOabatTztPo0eAZDaTkmBrP5oBqsLB2uNZ35GQDBXThNMsYZwKd0cMYJfx5oyrfBitdglB057OFeDaBFjtH5JnBPrzPz1I5-Aq83iS30ic5G20sdCBQQgnVYQgeRHcQg2mPvd40BF0_W6y0Kq80jmFEwEjH6pEwbCy0gwmd42Rp_2sJfd44Gkr-x8SehdHZ06> 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
