Mike: Cat-5 and cat-6 have a maximum length of 100 meters. You might push that if you are in an area of no other electrical interference. The shorter the cable the better as there is a velocity factor with electrical signals through wire. I don't think you could see a difference (without a $20K piece of test gear) on speeds between 100' and 5 feet. Most cat-5 (and 6) cables have issues when they become kinked or when placed near a source of other substantial EMF like a ballast to fluorescent lighting. I had issues on my work network when the 'electrician' ran a cat-5 cable or a fluorescent light fixture. I moved the wire and all was right with the world again. The number of twists per foot determines how noise free the signal will be. Cat3 has less twists per foot and therefore has a different capacitance figure and a shorter allowable run. When I spec'd out the phone system in the new Prudential Center I wanted all cat-6 just incase we went to VOIP (which we did) so cat-3 would not have been a good choice. Regards,
Jack ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions, LLC [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 3:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Signal delivery over long ethernet cable I know for electricity extension cords, sometimes the power drops over really long cords. Do really long ethernet cords have a similar drop of the signal they carry? I'm talking about 25 feet of cable. Would the user have a better signal/speed if she were right at the router in my home instead of half-way across the room? -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/0b957900b2b8194d998a441195b66038397f71c...@drdsrv03.drdad.thenewarkarena.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
