[54641] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: fast ethernet limits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Granados)
Fri Jan 10 16:09:35 2003
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:03:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott Granados <scott@wworks.net>
To: Steve Rude <steve@rudedogg.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0301101156150.11598-100000@lamb.coreis.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
You could use fiber and a fiber conversion box.
Or you could use a switch or repeater half way.
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Steve Rude 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?
>
> TIA for your help.
>
> Ciao.
>
> Steve Rude
>
>
