cable limit

[Tony Alfrey]

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.

Thanks.  I didn't see cat5 cable, I just saw the RJ45 connectors.  I see 
references for over 500 feet for twisted-pair shielded cables for T1.



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