On 21 Oct 99, at 22:17, Patrick C Black wrote:

> I saw something in my CBT's about 50 meter, I will get back to the
> list on that one.

  My handiest reference -- Cisco CCNA Study Guide -- shows no
reduction in Cat5 cable lengths going from 10Base-T to 100Base-TX;
100 meters overall in each case.  Pushing close to the limit is a bit
risky, but cutting back to 50m seems unnecessarily conservative.

David G

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