Not to mention this is the preferred way of wiring... "Horizontal" wiring between floors to individual IDFs connecting to a single MDF, and "Vertical" wiring to the individual users.
Man that brings back memories of Cisco classes... --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:37:30 -0800 Subject: Re: facilities wiring question > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:48 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > > New facility. The electricians ran wire to a location on the third floor > but > > they ultimately need to go to the second floor, so they will run cable > from > > the second floor server room up to the location on the third floor. > > Might be easier to put some network switches at the third floor location. > > Be warned that if these runs were already near limits due to > distance, putting an extra few sets of terminations in may cause you > to exceed spec limits. Ethernet isn't like power or analog phone > wiring, where you can splice and junction as many times as you want. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
