At 08:42 PM 1/21/2003 -0800, rizal sharif wrote:
>Hi,
>
>In my office, we have to relocate 2 network points to
>another room where the existing cable can't reach the
>new point. I think, it requires additional 15 meters.
>I just want to know whether it's possible for me to
>just soldered additional cable to the existing one to
>make up the additonal length without losing much
>signal.

This practice is not recommended at all. It may work for short distances,
but having done some work in the cabling industry, it would be against any
allowable standard.

A hub or repeater is your best bet, however you may be able to get away
with using a patch panel approach, putting an RJ45 jack on the end of the
cable, and an RJ45 plug on a length of cable to extend it, especially if
there are currently no other patch panels involved. If I recall, the specs
allow up to three intermediate jack/plug points (typically there is a patch
panel in a server room that all the cables from their destination connect
to, then patch cables are used to connect the hubs/switched to the patch
panel. AT the destination, there is usually a wall jack and again you use a
patch cable to connect the computer to the wall jack. Together, these count
as two patch points.)

Russ Poffenberger
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