How long can my eithernet cable to my modem be?

Ive got a wireless router that I use for broadband with my home laptop.
The router is in a cupboard under the stairs and I get good reception
all over the house.

When I bring my work laptop home I use the same wireless network card
so I can work with the laptop in the study.

Trouble is our IT department has spotted the drivers for the wireless
card and made me remove them (spoil sports!)

All is not lost as my broadband router accepts an eithernet cable and
works fine like this, but means I have to work in the sitting room
which is less than ideal.

I would like to run an eithernet cable up from the router to the study,
but wondered how long this sort of cable can be?

If it cant be more than a few meters then ill have to extend the phone
line and relocate the router, but id rather not do this.


Thanks for any help

David Bevan
http://www.davidbevan.co.uk

On 21 Sep 2005 14:05:42 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) scrawled:

>I would like to run an eithernet cable up from the router to the study,
>but wondered how long this sort of cable can be?
>
>If it cant be more than a few meters then ill have to extend the phone
>line and relocate the router, but id rather not do this.
>
From point to point, 100 metres is the maximum.
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Stuart @ SJW Electrical

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Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On 21 Sep 2005 14:05:42 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) scrawled:
>
>>I would like to run an eithernet cable up from the router to the study,
>>but wondered how long this sort of cable can be?
>>
>>If it cant be more than a few meters then ill have to extend the phone
>>line and relocate the router, but id rather not do this.
>>
> From point to point, 100 metres is the maximum.

100 meters is the maximum distance to meet full spec. Ethernet will go some
further as well, with diminished speed, provided it's good cable, and half
way decent gear.

In alt.internet.wireless (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Trouble is our IT department has spotted the drivers for the wireless
> card and made me remove them (spoil sports!)

> All is not lost as my broadband router accepts an eithernet cable and
> works fine like this, but means I have to work in the sitting room
> which is less than ideal.

Perhaps you want a "game adapter". These are sold to connect your X-box,
et al, wirelessly to the network, but it should work for your laptop
because it uses the drivers that you already have for the etherenet port.
Linksys WGA54G is one. Netgear WGE111 is another.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

< wrote in message
> Ive got a wireless router that I use for broadband with my home laptop.
> The router is in a cupboard under the stairs and I get good reception
> all over the house.
>
> When I bring my work laptop home I use the same wireless network card
> so I can work with the laptop in the study.
>
> Trouble is our IT department has spotted the drivers for the wireless
> card and made me remove them (spoil sports!)
>
> All is not lost as my broadband router accepts an eithernet cable and
> works fine like this, but means I have to work in the sitting room
> which is less than ideal.
>
> I would like to run an eithernet cable up from the router to the study,
> but wondered how long this sort of cable can be?
>
> If it cant be more than a few meters then ill have to extend the phone
> line and relocate the router, but id rather not do this.
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> David Bevan

Wireless bridge.

Certainly $40 is worth not walking around the house on a leash. :^)

Cheers
Eric

"Eric" wrote in message

>
> Wireless bridge.

Er, meant, "Wireless-Ethernet Adapter", of course.

On 21 Sep 2005 14:05:42 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Ive got a wireless router that I use for broadband with my home laptop.
>The router is in a cupboard under the stairs and I get good reception
>all over the house.
>
>When I bring my work laptop home I use the same wireless network card
>so I can work with the laptop in the study.
>
>Trouble is our IT department has spotted the drivers for the wireless
>card and made me remove them (spoil sports!)
>
>All is not lost as my broadband router accepts an eithernet cable and
>works fine like this, but means I have to work in the sitting room
>which is less than ideal.
>
>I would like to run an eithernet cable up from the router to the study,
>but wondered how long this sort of cable can be?
>
>If it cant be more than a few meters then ill have to extend the phone
>line and relocate the router, but id rather not do this.

It can't be any meters but it can be up to 15 metres.

>
>
>Thanks for any help
>
>David Bevan
>http://www.davidbevan.co.uk

Barry
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In article <TAlYe.15653$(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> "Eric" wrote in message
>
> >
> > Wireless bridge.
>
> Er, meant, "Wireless-Ethernet Adapter", of course.
>
Are you sure you didn't mean wireless-to-ethernet bridge?
:-)

Barry OGrady <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> it can be up to 15 metres

....or using CAT5 UTP cabling, up to 100 metres

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
[SNIP]
>
> Trouble is our IT department has spotted the drivers for the wireless
> card and made me remove them (spoil sports!)
>
[SNIP]

Your employer's IT department clearly doesn't have enough real work to
do or enough actual threats to fight.....jeepers!