cable limit

[Jerry McBride]

On Monday 15 October 2007 04:14:57 pm Jay Nugent wrote:
> 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.
>


Jay... would you happen to have a couple of T1 interface cards/brands in mind 
for this? I'm suddenly, I'm very interested.

Thank you, in advance.


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