Re: [MacGroup] Length of ethernet cable

2008-01-05 Thread Brian ONeal
Just keep it under 300 feet. Brian O On Jan 5, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Michael Robertson wrote: Was wondering about opinions about length of ethernet cable from cable modem to a wireless router.(Airport Extreme) Does it affect performance and or speed, if its say 15 feet, from one room to another?

[MacGroup] Length of ethernet cable

2008-01-05 Thread Michael Robertson
Was wondering about opinions about length of ethernet cable from cable modem to a wireless router.(Airport Extreme) Does it affect performance and or speed, if its say 15 feet, from one room to another? Or should it be kept to a minimum, and have the cable re-run, so the modem can be next to

Re: [MacGroup] Length of ethernet cable

2008-01-05 Thread Lee Larson
On Jan 5, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Michael Robertson wrote: Was wondering about opinions about length of ethernet cable from cable modem to a wireless router.(Airport Extreme) Does it affect performance and or speed, if its say 15 feet, from one room to another? Standard 100BaseTX twisted pair is

Re: [MacGroup] Length of ethernet cable

2008-01-05 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
I have an ethernet cable (75-100 ft) run from 2nd floor office through a heating vent in the ceiling to a third floor office. My wife, a computer programmer works from home from the third floor office and has no problems with the connection. Harry Saturday, January 5, 20082:11 PMMichael [EMAIL

[MacGroup] Leopard issues/Temporary files

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Klein
I installed 10.5.1 on my G5 dual. I am experiencing erratic behavior. For example, there is a program (Aether) that will not allow me to save changes to the database file. In Console, it says: 1/5/08 2:45:08 PM Aether[1655] The temporary directory at