You're well in excess of the limit of Ethernet over twisted pair, regardless of the cable used. Runs should be limited to 100 meters in total (including patch cables). Usually 90 meter run to allow 10 meters fo patch cables is the practice.
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Holstrom, Don <dholst...@nbm.org> wrote: > I work in an old Museum here in the District. My runs are very long, one > is over 700 feet and gives me a problem every now and then. Is it worthwhile > to switch out our CAT4&5 and go to CAT6a (there is something above 6a?) All > our servers are gig but most of the workstations are not. All my switches > (we have way too many) are gig, but… > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:57 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Getting Rid of CAT5? > > > > Typical for a state agency, at least here in Florida. I got some stuff > from an Office of the Attorney General's office that was moving to new > space. The System Admin was sent an email followed by a printed signed memo > telling him he was to remove EVERYTHING the state had paid to be installed > in the space. When asked about damage to the walls due to removal of copper > wire he was told in writing they did not care just get it out. > > > > It took him and two others two days to pull all the copper wire out move it > to the new space and then he was told to pitch it in the dumpster. He told > me the space was a mess holes in the walls from removal of jacks some broken > roof tiles. The end result was he had a lot of networking stuff to get rid > of and copper wire to dump in a dumpster. I got all but the copper wire. > > > > Jon > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Sam Cayze <sca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>Oh, and why did you pull out the Cat-5? > > Turning our old server room and a bunch of offices back over to the > building > > to lease out. We moved into some new space. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 4:05 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Getting Rid of CAT5? > > > Some of these small offices had 22 CAT5 runs in them! > > 22? That's half a lab! Sm:)e. > > Sorry, I couldn't resist. It seems like I wire a new lab, or re-wire an old > one, every year here. It's not uncommon for us to pull 16 lines at a time, > and do that 2 or three times. Oh, and why did you pull out the Cat-5? Did > you need gigabit to each desktop? I hope you pulled Cat6A or better for the > future. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
