asus Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 Ok... i have a yellow cable.. cat 5 it is 50 feet, then i have a blue cable that is 25 feet, the blue cable is connected to the yellow cable with a connection thing, to make one long 75 foot cable.. "note. the 2 cat 5 head are pluged into" well.. here is a picture NOW if i add another one of these connectors, and 25 more feet of cable, will this degridate the signal to MUCH?? thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 i dont think so i use the same thing and i dont notice any speed drops Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 but now i will have 2 of them to have a total of 100 feet of cat 5.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasterdly Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 I think Cat5 is rated upto 300 feet before there is signal loss. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asus Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 oOo .. i thought it was 100 feet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dasterdly Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 Just looked it up. 10baset is rated to 100 meters, or a little more than 300 feet. Anything more than that will require a hub/switch/etc to keep on going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagg7771234 Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 yup, 100meters But that 100meters goes down with every coffee pot, florecent light, air conditioner, and any other things that puts off EMS. The conectors will decrease the signal as well. Somthing to look at if your going across the street to conect your neighbor, but not to go to the other room I have some AT&T flat cable rated for 550khz, I have a run of that about 600foot, string it over the fence to the school.... they have an OC3 fiber connection ya baby... Of course.. that abruptly ended When fell asleep one Sunday night and woke up noon monday. School super found it, choped it. I got no OC3 anymore Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted August 14, 2004 Posted August 14, 2004 Yeah, you should be fine with 100ft of cable.. and you will soon find out if you are not anyway. I think the only problem with that much cable is trying to hide it all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowfactor Posted August 14, 2004 Posted August 14, 2004 dont worry about it the speeds wont go down if they do by very little prolly only 5 mb/s Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted August 14, 2004 Posted August 14, 2004 I doubt you'll have any problems. You can always throw in a switch (not a hub) in the line some where. Switches act as repeaters and will help boost the signal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolzero101 Posted August 14, 2004 Posted August 14, 2004 With a repeater you can pretty much go . far as you want, but remember any signal interfearence you have before it hits the repeater is magnified like x5 after it leaves the repeater. There is a rule, 5 repeaters MAX in a buisiness network. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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