cable limit

[Vu Pham]

On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 16:14 -0400, 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, thanks for the info. I am going to try this.

Vu