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Does anyone know the max distance cat5 e will go

100 Meters -you have to convert that to feet. This metric system still confuses me

Roughly 300 feet , this can be extended with a repeater, router, switch or hub. keep it away from power lines and florescent lights.

[This message has been edited by ocmacman (edited April 08, 2002).]

the actual specs are 330 feet maximum. I have actually tested runs that have been farther, but my general expierence is anything over 300 feet, and you are asking for problems. When we spec jobs, if we have runs in excess of that, we usually put fiber and a 100 mbps switch. The difference between a switch and a hub, is the switch will run each port at 100 mbps, while the hub will run all ports at a maximum of 100 mbps. this usually is not a big deal unless you have alot of data to send. Then the extra bandwidth is worth it. If you use Fiber, you should try to have a minimum of 4 strands. You can make a redundant network or have a couple of strands extra in case something happens.

Well all, we put one in today that was 460ft and it works great. It pinged at 40. Go figure huh.

[This message has been edited by dtmf (edited April 10, 2002).]

I am curious, did you test near end and far end cross talk with a cable tester? Did it pass? If so, that's pretty impressive! What brand of cable was it, and what type of jacks did you use?

DTMF you da Man!!
I guess its hard work being that good!!

[This message has been edited by Crabb (edited April 11, 2002).]

Yes we put the tester on it and it passed with flying colors, I am just as suprised as you are. I though that we would have to repeat it in the middle. We used shielded cat5e Commscope cable. No jacks we put it end to end. You know I kind-of wish it didn't work because now I'm gonna have to see how far we can go.

[This message has been edited by dtmf (edited April 11, 2002).]

Yeah, and you gonna miss out on selling all the expensive fiber riser and converters!

Naw, we still sale those for building to building. This was a lets see what happens deal.