The Dlink router I have, which I imagine is very similar, seems to have no problems with a couple ~50ft runs and one 75-100ft run.
Spencer On Wednesday 31 October 2001 07:11 pm, Emanuel Masciarelli wrote: > 100 is over the standard length (which I believe is 12 feet). Your > equipment may not be powerful enough to throw packets that far down a > cable. Those little linksys devices are good but not the most powerful > ones. If you need it that long, you may need to make 2 50 foot cables > and put a repeater in the middle or something. > > Also, make sure that your cable is going out of the router and into the > Uplink on the switch (which crosses over the cable for you). If you are > connecting port to port, you need a cross over cable. > > Emanuel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Gary Tsai > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 6:07 PM > To: SigLinux > Subject: [Siglinux] Ethernet switch weirdness > > i'm trying to connect my router to a switch in another room. i cut a > 25' > ethernet cable, and if i use that, it works fine. if i use a longer one > though (say 50 or 100'), it doesn't work. i get a flashing ACT light. > i'm > sure that 100' is not too long a cable to attach to a switch. any idea > what's going on? the router is a linksys 4 port and the switch is a > linksys > 5 port. > > thanks a lot! > GT > > > _______________________________________________ > Siglinux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux > > > > _______________________________________________ > Siglinux mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux _______________________________________________ Siglinux mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.utacm.org/mailman/listinfo/siglinux
