Thicknet Coax 10Base5 runs up to 500m.  Thinnet (looks like cable tv wire)
10Base2 has a max length of 185m.  If you are speaking of BNC connectors,
you must be referring to 10Base2.  185m is the maximum legnth.

-Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Belyea" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] network cabling distance


> 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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