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I read on Wikipedia that a Cat5e cable will function well up to a distance of 350 m for a 100 Base-T links (compared to 100 m for a cat5). Has anybody tried this or can anybody confirm the accuracy of this statement please?

Name: StuartS
Date: August 10, 2005 at 11:01:03 Pacific

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I think some one must be getting confused between feet and meters. 100 metres = 238 feet, close 350. There is very little difference between Cat5 and Cat5e 100 meters applies to cat5, cat5e, Cat6 and Cat7. See Here Stuart

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Name: FishMonger
Date: August 10, 2005 at 14:11:33 Pacific

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>> 100 metres = 238 feet 'I think some one must be getting confused'. Did you mean 328 feet? 1 meter = 39.37 inches 100 meters = 3937 inches = 328 feet

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Name: Bryco
Date: August 11, 2005 at 06:28:31 Pacific

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"238 feet, close 350" I knew he meant 328 as being close to 350 because 238 is not even close. Bryan

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