Art Sauder wrote: > I'm interested in knowing from peoples experience what the maximum distance > Or does it mean that max > distance between any two machines on the network is 100m ? the distance between any two machines can be greater than 300ft,,however the distance from the machine to the hub should be no longer than 300ft. the distance between hubs should be kept at the absolute minimum...you cannot link hubs with cat 5 at a distance of 300ft...... I have one network that I installed that has stacked hubs with 70 machines.. and a remote location 600ft away I have additional hubs for 100 machines... however the remote hubs are connected by fiber optic network,,, not cat5 cable. Hope this will assist you in your planning Joe Bishop PuterDoc