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Jim Mandaville Offline
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2015-02-01, 15:33
Could someone give me a steer on what kind of cable to use for connecting the controller to my modem/router? Obviously ethernet, but should it be CAT5e network type?

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2015-02-01, 15:55
Just Cat5 - without shield - often Cat5e is ok, but we have also seen noise problems because ground loops
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2015-02-01, 16:33
Thanks. Is there a generally recognized maximum length for this cable?

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2015-02-01, 16:52
100 feet       
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2015-02-02, 13:07 (This post was last modified: 2015-02-02, 13:08 by Steph.)
The specifications for 10/100BaseT are 100m on a cat. 5 cable.
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2015-02-02, 17:46
(2015-02-01, 16:52)RichoAnd Wrote: 100 feet       

Sorry... 300 feet ~ 100m Blush
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2015-02-04, 04:14 (This post was last modified: 2015-02-04, 04:18 by Jim Mandaville.)
(2015-02-02, 17:46)RichoAnd Wrote:
(2015-02-01, 16:52)RichoAnd Wrote: 100 feet       

Sorry... 300 feet ~ 100m Blush
Note that I was speaking of the distance from the controller to the computer cum modem, not the distance from the controller to the amplifier/antenna. Can the distance from the controller back to the modem really be 100 m?? if so, that would be useful to me.

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2015-02-04, 09:02
I know, and yes 100m ~ 300ft is a norm and means between two peaces of hardware
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2015-02-05, 06:37
I have the controler outdoor with a 60m cat5 cable, powered with an homemade PoE.
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