If speed or large bandwidth is a requirement, go wired. CAT 5 copper-based cable should suffice. And not so expensive. CAT 5 has an effective range of 100m. 10 floors is about 30 or so meters only, vertically. Run a CAT 5 cable from a port in one of the switches in the 20th floor down to a switch on the 10th floor. You have to look into where and how the cables will run -- ask bldg administration. If you have a lot of users on the 10th floor with huge bandwidth requirements going to servers on the 20th floor, consider using gigabit ethernet switches (a pair of them) that can do port aggregation.
--- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Mike A. <[email protected]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 17:06:59 > Subject: [plug] connecting two office through LAN > > Hi All, > > Please recommend what device I can use if I will connect two office > into one network that is about 10 floors away from each other. > > I was wondering what device or what steps should I do to connect or to > extend the connection of the LAN from the main office which is in the > 20th floor to the second office which is in the 10th floor. > > Thanks a lot! > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
