[MLB-WIRELESS] Cat5 max length

Tony Langdon, VK3JED vk3jed at optushome.com.au
Thu Jan 23 22:38:54 EST 2003


At 10:29 PM 23/01/2003 +1100, Joe Hovel wrote:

>Can someone remind me what the maximum length for cat5 is? Also need to 
>know if a switch or hub can act as a repeater to extend the distanc.
>Cheers,

Max length is 100m.

A switch can be used to get more distance (separates collision domains), 
but a hub can't.  I've actually proven this in practice. :)

73 de Tony, VK3JED
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