fast ethernet limits

Fri Jan 10 21:01:23 UTC 2003

Previously, Steve Rude (steve at rudedogg.com) wrote:
> 
> Hi NANOG,
> 
> Could someone please help me with a fast ethernet problem I am having.  We 
> have a POP in a 27 floor building, and have a rj45 run from the the bottom 
> of the building (in the telco room) to the top of the building.  We have 
> cisco switches on either end and we are seeing about 5-20% packet loss on 
> the trunk.  
> 
> Are we running into a distance limitation of fast ethernet, or are we suffering 
> from another problem?  I read that 328 feet is the limitation of fast 
> ethernet. Is there anything short of getting a repeater for the cable run 
> that I can do to boost the signal?

Well, when I don't have drawings or prints, I usually figure on 12 or 13ft
per floor.  So, figure somewhere between 324 and 351 feet from 1st floor
to the ceiling on 27.  For a run like this, you probably wanted to use fiber
with media converters on each end.  (Assuming you're not running
switches with 100BaseFX ports or a GBIC slot...)

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