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Thank you. &nbsp;Exactly the info I was looking for. &nbsp; I think I will go with 2 cables and a switch.<br />
Thanks again.
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Thank you.  Exactly the info I was looking for.   I think I will go with 2 cables and a switch.
Thanks again.

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I am remodeling an office and need to move the network wiring quite a bit. &nbsp;The wiring cabinet is pretty well centrally located and only one level. &nbsp; My issue is one POD of workstations is 8 stations. &nbsp;I will have to dig a trench to run the wiring as power poles are not allowed. &nbsp;I'll need to run 8 network wires running the length of the building and down the wall and into the trench and up to the workstations. &nbsp;It is below the 300 foot limit, but I wondering if I could just run one wire and use a gigabit switch at the &quot;Pod&quot; of 8 stations. &nbsp;What if any would be the drawback to that?
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I am remodeling an office and need to move the network wiring quite a bit.  The wiring cabinet is pretty well centrally located and only one level.   My issue is one POD of workstations is 8 stations.  I will have to dig a trench to run the wiring as power poles are not allowed.  I'll need to run 8 network wires running the length of the building and down the wall and into the trench and up to the workstations.  It is below the 300 foot limit, but I wondering if I could just run one wire and use a gigabit switch at the "Pod" of 8 stations.  What if any would be the drawback to that?

Remote Switches

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.