Re: Length of patch cables for CAT5

[Steven Edgar <yahoogroups@xxxxxxx>]

As someone who has installed a number of these things both professionally
and
for personal use I can tell you that a cable tester that tells you where in
the line the break is can be extremely useful.

For an example, running a 50m run the detector tells you there is a break
49m
away - either means you mucked up the termination at the other end or there
is a break just short of the far end. Usually you leave yourself a bit of
wiggle room for adjusting the cable so a break a small way into the run is
recoverable. You're right that you shouldn't splice a broken cable, but
these
things at least let you know whether to give up now and run another core or
try and repair the current one.

As to minimum length, never had that problem but seem to remember 1m, but
that's probably for the old 10b2 (coax). My networking bibles don't seem to
mention it either, so try it and see. Since you're using a hub the distance
is the cable to AND from the hub between the two computers. If it was a
switch it would be the length of the individual cables. As an aside, why
use
a hub to connect two computers together? Why not just make up a crossover
cable?

Steven


On Wednesday 02 April 2003 19:21, Chad Albert wrote:
> Sorry, I apparently can't read and comprehend well =)  I am pretty
sure
> there is no minimum length although I have seen many people voice
reasons
> for keeping them over one length or another.  I have never seen a
problem
> with any short length.  But I could imagine that 3-5cm would make your
> fingers hurt.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mick Furlong" <hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 12:32 PM
> Subject: RE: [notspam] [ukha_d] Length of patch cables for CAT5
>
> > Chad
> >
> > I am asking about minimum lengths not maximum
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mick
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: Chad Albert [mailto:chadalbert@xxxxxxx]
> >   Sent: 02 April 2003 18:46
> >   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >   Subject: Re: [notspam] [ukha_d] Length of patch cables for CAT5
> >
> >
> >   328 feet (100 meters) so youre cables will just make it ;-)
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: "Mick Furlong" <hiltoneltd@xxxxxxx>
> >   To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >   Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:31 AM
> >   Subject: [notspam] [ukha_d] Length of patch cables for CAT5
> >
> >   > I know all the rules for max lengths on Cat5 but are there
any
> >   > minimum lengths?
> >   >
> >   > I am just about to make up a few  patch cables less than 1
foot (30cm
>
> or
>
> >   so
> >
> >   > for you youngsters;) and was just wondering.
> >   >
> >   > Cheers
> >   > Mick
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