Will a 60-foot run of CAT-5 ethernet cable work?

[Dave Cramer]

Thanks,

I was guessing ...

Dave

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:36 AM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Dave Cramer wrote:
>>
>> Ethernet is spec'd well past 60 feet, something in the neighourhood of
>> 1000 feet, so 60 should not bother it.
>
> It's 100M or 330' max over CAT 5 or 6.  The original 10base5, 10 Mbit
> ethernet would go about 500M over coaxial cable (Thicknet).  Much greater
> distances are possible with fibre.
>
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