Wiring Cat 5 to 360 ft

[Chuck]

My current network is all Cat 5, I need to run three new connections that
are 360 ft away from the switch. With the distance limitations of Cat 5
being 100 m. what are my options. Any suggestions on a repeater I could use
to strengthen the connection?

thanks,

Chuck M

[daytripper]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:44:54 -0600, "Chuck" <chuckmcg@hotmail.com> wrote:
My current network is all Cat 5, I need to run three new connections thatare 360 ft away from the switch. With the distance limitations of Cat 5being 100 m. what are my options. Any suggestions on a repeater I could useto strengthen the connection?

A cheap soho switch?

[Yousuf Khan]

"Chuck" <chuckmcg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bumo9l$tv0@library2.airnews.net... My current network is all Cat 5, I need to run three new connections that are 360 ft away from the switch. With the distance limitations of Cat 5 being 100 m. what are my options. Any suggestions on a repeater I could
use to strengthen the connection?

Should any old $20 hub work as a repeater?

Yousuf Khan

[Chuck]

Thank you, I wasn't sure if that would work.


"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:jnst00570t2ubsf4frmhfv56dke453j68p@4ax.com... On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:44:54 -0600, "Chuck" <chuckmcg@hotmail.com> wrote:My current network is all Cat 5, I need to run three new connections thatare 360 ft away from the switch. With the distance limitations of Cat 5being 100 m. what are my options. Any suggestions on a repeater I could
useto strengthen the connection? A cheap soho switch?

[Kevin McCoy]

I had a similar problem - one 350-400 foot run and another 500-600 foot CAT5
run. They worked ok at 10BASET speeds, but using the same wires at 100BASET
it died a miserable death. I replaced both runs with fiber and some cheapie
$150 USD (per end) media converters. We went with fiber since the cable ran
under a parking lot and the underground pipe was frequently flooded with
rainwater.

Kevin


"Chuck" <chuckmcg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bumo9l$tv0@library2.airnews.net... My current network is all Cat 5, I need to run three new connections that are 360 ft away from the switch. With the distance limitations of Cat 5 being 100 m. what are my options. Any suggestions on a repeater I could
use to strengthen the connection? thanks, Chuck M