Length of crossover cable

I am going to be networking two PC's together, and will require approx
30m of cable.

Is this a workable length for a crossover cable, or would I do better to
hub the PC's? There are no plans for an expansion of the network.

TIA

On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 17:42:24 +0100, TX2
<tx2inbound-invalid-@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I am going to be networking two PC's together, and will require approx
>30m of cable.
>
>Is this a workable length for a crossover cable, or would I do better to
>hub the PC's? There are no plans for an expansion of the network.
>
>TIA

Assuming that the network cards work correctly with a crossover cable
(some may not), that shouldn't be a problem.

You may want to use wall sockets to break the long cable run up, then
use a standard patch cable to connect one PC to its wall socket, and a
crossover cable to connect the other PC to its wall socket.
(Patch cables are cheaper to replace than 30 metre lengths of Cat5,
and the solid core Cat5 you'll probably use for the long run doesn't
take kindly to being flexed).
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