Long cat5e runs

Hello all: I'm connecting 4 houses to a satellite broadband feed thru a
D-Link DI 604. The cable runs will be 275ft, 190ft, 170ft, 120ft. Cable
is cat5e flooded. Will this setup work ok?



winternals2006@yahoo.com

On 13 Feb 2006 06:19:20 -0800, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Hello all: I'm connecting 4 houses to a satellite broadband feed thru a
>D-Link DI 604. The cable runs will be 275ft, 190ft, 170ft, 120ft. Cable
>is cat5e flooded. Will this setup work ok?

CAT5E cable length between switch and nic is 100 meters max, but I'm not sure
you can take that as a guarantee of success. It will probably work.

But...are you running these cables between buildings (ie: not common-wall) or
just running it through a single common building? If the former, have you
considered going wireless with directional antennae? It could be preferable to
stringing an aerial/lightning-attractor connected to your network...