You could use fiber and a fiber conversion box. Or you could use a switch or repeater half way.
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Steve Rude wrote: > > Hi NANOG, > > Could someone please help me with a fast ethernet problem I am having. We > have a POP in a 27 floor building, and have a rj45 run from the the bottom > of the building (in the telco room) to the top of the building. We have > cisco switches on either end and we are seeing about 5-20% packet loss on > the trunk. > > Are we running into a distance limitation of fast ethernet, or are we suffering > from another problem? I read that 328 feet is the limitation of fast > ethernet. Is there anything short of getting a repeater for the cable run > that I can do to boost the signal? > > TIA for your help. > > Ciao. > > Steve Rude > >