Extedning the ethernet cable

[Sliver]

You think it is possible to stick an extension on the ethernet cable by using a wall box on one end and a normal RJ45 on the other, will it be a straight through connection or cross-over ? Hopefuly if i can i'll be able to keep my pig tail for my antenna as short as possible.

 

[flashvc]

I extended mine to 25m by joining it with a normal CAT5 using a joiner box (costs only R10 at cable link)

The ethernet cable itself is a crossover, so if you extend it with a crossover, it'll become a straight cable. In my case I had to plug the cable into my uplink port on the switch since it was still crossed over.

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[Dean_Henstock]

Hi,

Just a note, you can extended the cable up to 100m as this is the limit of CAT5 cable


Cheers
Dean

 

[Karnaugh]

It's 81m if you have jacks at each end supposedly.

- Colin Alston
colin at alston dot za dot org

"Warning: Use with extreme caution."

 

[Dean_Henstock]

True, however I have seen cable run 150 m and still works however after about 180 m it starts droping packets at a rappid rate. lol.

Just remeber the better quality cables can be run further, and it also depends on the are and conditions of the site.

Keep Surfing

 

[TheRoDent]

I remember an Arcnet cable in the old Johannesburg Stock Exchange that ran 850 metres.

Man, if only telkom would wire the entire country with arcnet we'd already have cheap, fast internet... []

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