Hi All !
I am trying to link my PC which is in the middle of a long building to our
company network switch.
If I connect my laptop to the switch with a patch cable all works fine.
However, the run to my office is 60 metres and as far as I know 100metres is
the limit for Cat5 twisted pair. I have now tried 3 seperate cables and I
cannot get a link. I have even tried re-routing the cable (through the loft
of the building) different ways but still no joy. What is the
solution................ a repeater maybe ????

Dave Volke wrote:

> Hi All !
> I am trying to link my PC which is in the middle of a long building to our
> company network switch.
> If I connect my laptop to the switch with a patch cable all works fine.
> However, the run to my office is 60 metres and as far as I know 100metres is
> the limit for Cat5 twisted pair. I have now tried 3 seperate cables and I
> cannot get a link. I have even tried re-routing the cable (through the loft
> of the building) different ways but still no joy. What is the
> solution................ a repeater maybe ????
>
>
>
>
>
I would suspect the cable. Who ran it and attached the connectors?
Did they properly maintain the pairings?

I ran into a similar problem a few years ago. All the equipment was
set for Auto Detect for Link Speed and Duplex. The PC with the long
cable run could not connect. I changed that PC's NIC to 10 Mbps & Half
Duplex and it worked fine. I have never found a satisfactory
explanation for the issue. But the system has been fine for two years.

CJT <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Dave Volke wrote:
>
> > Hi All !
> > I am trying to link my PC which is in the middle of a long building to our
> > company network switch.
> > If I connect my laptop to the switch with a patch cable all works fine.
> > However, the run to my office is 60 metres and as far as I know 100metres is
> > the limit for Cat5 twisted pair. I have now tried 3 seperate cables and I
> > cannot get a link. I have even tried re-routing the cable (through the loft
> > of the building) different ways but still no joy. What is the
> > solution................ a repeater maybe ????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> I would suspect the cable. Who ran it and attached the connectors?
> Did they properly maintain the pairings?