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<BODY>On 17 Aug 2001 13:48:12 -0500, Travis Bell wrote:<pre><FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 06:31:19PM +0000, m m wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> > Hi all:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> > I just move one of my box one corner to another in a room.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> > change a longer cat5 cable. and network connection become bad.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> > I have tried to ping to (and from) other boxes, it always lost some packets </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> > (25%-100% lost).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> > Is it the cable problem? or is cable bad or too long (about 50', I think 50' </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#1a1973">> > should be ok).</FONT></pre><TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<pre>Could be a bad cable. The length should be ok as long as their is a switch involved (see the following):
>From To Maximum Distance
Switch Switch or Hub 100 meters (328 feet)
Hub Hub 5 Meters (16.4 feet)
Switch or Hub Workstation 100 meters (328 feet)
Another thing to look at is the connectors on the cable. Make sure they are all the way into the connector and crimped well.
If it was a store bought cable, I would definately check that out. Also look at the cable for any kinks, these are not good for CAT 5 .
Hope this helps!
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