cable limit

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings,

On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Tony Alfrey wrote:

> Vu Pham wrote:
> > I need to connect two devices which are about 500 or more feet apart.
> > Wireless is not possible in this environment. So I think I am going to
> > use the RJ45 cable with T1 modules at two ends. I tried this with short
> > distance for testing the T1 ( with one end provides the sync clock ) but
> > I don't know how long I can extend the cable in this case ?
> > 
> > Any other option I can try ?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Vu 
> 
> I found this; it doesn't look good.
> http://www.duxcw.com/faq/network/cablng.htm

   Your reference above is for 100-BaseT.  Vu is using a pair of T1 DSU's
and a cat5 cable strung between them.

   Vu, T1 on cat3 (standard telco cable) is good for several thousands of
feet.  500 feet will be no problem at all.

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