David:

You will be fine. However, I am assumming you are speaking about Coax
(because you mention BNC) not Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP). Coax has a
maximum usable length of 500 meters. Coax will be running at 10Mbps Half
Duplex, you would get better performance (speed) if you switched to 10/100
cards and UTP you would gain speed, of course that's if you need the speed.
BTW I am only running 10Mbps at home also.

Glenn Belyea, CCNA
Network Technician




-----Original Message-----
From: David Hurst [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 1:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] network cabling distance


I need to network, peer to peer, 2 computers at opposite ends of my
house. Want to use CAT5 cable with BNC connectors.  Will be about a
40 foot cable run. I have 2 each 25 foot cables and plan to connect
them with a BNC connector.  How far apart can i realistically put
these computers ?  Is 40 feet too far for reliable performance.??
Both are pentium computers, one running Windows 98, the other
Windows 95. Both currently networked and working fine, but only
about 10 feet apart.

thanks as always

David Hurst

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