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

[James Knott]

Yanni Chiu wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 02:15:17AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>>>
>>> So my only option, other than "sneakernet", is 60 feet of CAT-5 cable.
>>> Will ethernet work over that?
>>
>> You are allowed 100m of CAT-5 for 100Mbit operation by the spec.
>> It does work in my experience too (200m does not by the way, as would
>> be expected).
>>
>> So 60 feet is nothing.  You are allowed 5 times that.
>
> I put in a 50 foot run of CAT-5 through my basement a long time ago. 
> It worked, then I got wireless. Then the wireless hub went flaky. When 
> I tried the cable again, I couldn't get it to work, and gave up (did 
> without until I replaced the wireless hub).
>
> If I wanted to get the wired connection working again, where should I 
> start. I don't have any cable debugging tools, just normal household 
> stuff.
>
> I suspect I made bad terminal connections, or handled the wire too 
> roughly during installation. If I were to do it over again, I'd buy a 
> pre-made 100-ft cable, instead of connectors and boxes.
>
Assuming you haven't driven a nail or something through the cable, bad 
connections are the likely cause.  Just cut off the plugs and carefully 
put new ones on.
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