Is my Cat5e cable run too long - 100 ft?... Am trying to run a Cat5e cable from basement NetGear WGR614 to 2nd floor bedroom (wireless is NOT an option). Cat 5E run is about 100 ft - once connected, can't get a reliable connection. Pinging the router only gets maybe 1 or 0 hits per try. We are experienced at crimp connections - have redone them and even run a new cable thinking 1st one has issues. Still no go and samep pinging issues. Cable run is straight forward - away from noise sources, etc. Is this wire run too long? Does router have some limitations on Cat5 runs? Really stumped here? Net free or die!

100 meters under perfect conditions, which I believe is 326 feet, or something very close to that.

It certainly should run 100 feet without a problem . You may have to meter out your pairs and make sure you don't have a bad pair , should be using pairs 1,2,3 & 6 . These routers know auto only for speed and duplex so make sure your pc nic is set as auto only also ,do not hardcode the speed & duplex.

CAT5 and 5E are specs that just can't be looked at no matter how good of a connector person you have. You need a testing device made to test bandwidth and other factors such as interference. Just because you don't see interference there might be a radar a mile away blasting you. You might need to get a TDR. If you suspect the hub (it is not really a router) then bypass it and go nic to nic. I'd assume that one computer is able to autonegotiate the connection. If not remake into a crossover and retest. If not then borrow another hub.

Guys -thx for all the suggestions. We solved the issue by putting a linksys switch just after our netgear router. Netgear was just not able to handle the distance. It surprised u too -- but solve the problem (go figure?). Only thing that comes to mind is that the Netgear device is geared more for consumer use -- and not meant to drive long Cat5 lines. Net free or die!