Hardware
--
Questions
--
Followers
Top Experts
for RJ45 network cabling, what is the maximun length for a data can transfer without lost ?
50meter ? 80 meter of 100 meter?
if say, a cabling to be done in a far distance, which is more than 80 metre,
how to prevent any data loss ? add in hub/switch hardware half way ?
please advise
Zero AI Policy
We believe in human intelligence. Our moderation policy strictly prohibits the use of LLM content in our Q&A threads.






EARN REWARDS FOR ASKING, ANSWERING, AND MORE.
Earn free swag for participating on the platform.
Well ... that is wrong. The maximum span depends mainly on the type of cable one is using and then on  external perturbations and the output power of the emitters.
It is nothing to do with power (although that can have an effect also), is to do with timing.
to be precise, 205 metres is the maximum distance between any 2 nodes on a 100baseT network with Cat5 cabling).
Over this distance, you get slowly increasing data collisions, due to overexpanding the "collision domain"
It is to do with CSMA/CD signal timing, not signal strength.
In simple terms, the time a node waits before assuming  no collision, and sending the next packet is the time it takes for a square wave to travel 205Metres.
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c905/docs/obs/09_apxa.htm
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/1572/csmacd.htm
The more you load a network, the more important these factors become.
But exceeding the limits usually causes problems which are more noticeable at times of high network traffic, and can cause collision storms and data loss.
If you stick to the 100baseT rules, 100 metres is maximum cable run, 205 metres is maximum network span between nodes, maximum 2 hubs (stacks and switches are a different matter) less than 10 metres apart.

Get a FREE t-shirt when you ask your first question.
We believe in human intelligence. Our moderation policy strictly prohibits the use of LLM content in our Q&A threads.
Hardware
--
Questions
--
Followers
Top Experts
Hardware includes cell phones and other digital living devices, tablets, computers, servers, peripherals and components, printers and scanners, gaming consoles, networking hardware such as routers, hubs, switches and modems, storage devices and security equipment such as firewalls and other appliances.