Loss for an extremely long Cat 6 cable

[legend8887]

Say I had to install an extremely long Cat 6 cable. 1,000 feet. How much speed would I lose if I was paying my ISP for 75/75?

[RichardsD]

I believe the max is 300 FT, So you would need boosters along that path for good data integrity.

[Syntaxvgm]

295 feet is the roundabout standard for max run without a repeater or something on cat 5e

[legend8887]

295 feet is the roundabout standard for max run without a repeater or something on cat 5e

 

 

I believe the max is 300 FT, So you would need boosters along that path for good data integrity.

Okay, change that to Cat 6.

[Syntaxvgm]

Okay, change that to Cat 6.

add about 30 feet I think. 

[LasersPewPew]

Okay, change that to Cat 6.

Same thing. Copper is copper.

[RichardsD]

Okay, change that to Cat 6.

 

Exactly the same, about 300 ft max length still

[Altecice]

Yes as above the maximum length without a regenerateor/repeater is 100M/300Ft. You will get lots of packet loss if you get anything at all.

[legend8887]

Exactly the same, about 300 ft max length still

How are you supposed to get extremely long runs then?

[arnavvr]

Exactly the same, about 300 ft max length still, without boosters.

[LasersPewPew]

How are you supposed to get extremely long runs then?

At those lengths you'll need Optical Fibre cables

[RichardsD]

How are you supposed to get extremely long runs then?

 

Like Lasers said, Fibre or use repeaters

[legend8887]

Like Lasers said, Fibre or use repeaters

Repeaters?

[RichardsD]

Repeaters?

 

Switches generally, although there are repeaters that literally do just that and nothing more.

[legend8887]

Switches generally, although there are repeaters that literally do just that and nothing more.

Like these?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Switches/SubCategory/ID-30?&cm_sp=Cat_Wired-Networking_1-VisNav-_-Switches

[RichardsD]

Like these?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Switches/SubCategory/ID-30?&cm_sp=Cat_Wired-Networking_1-VisNav-_-Switches

 

Yes, but there are also dedicated ones that do not do all the roles of a switch; they simply boost the signal

[dalekphalm]

Say I had to install an extremely long Cat 6 cable. 1,000 feet. How much speed would I lose if I was paying my ISP for 75/75?

What do you need to run 1000 feet of cable for, if you don't mind me asking?

 

As others have mentioned, Ethernet Cable has a max length of 100m (or around 330 feet). This will be the same regardless of the Category Level (Cat5/5e/6/6a/7, etc). There are inherent limits in copper.

 

For such long distances, you'll either 2 repeater units (a small box that you plug each of the three 100m cables into, to string them all together). Keep in mind that repeaters draw power, so each repeater must be near a power source.

 

Alternatively, you simply use a different kind of cable, such as Fibre Optic. For example, 1000BASE‑LX cable is rated up to 550m (Around 1800 ft) when using standard multi-mode fibre cables.

 

You'd need special network equipment at either end (Special LAN card or Switch on either end), but it would likely be the best solution. Not necessarily cheap though, no matter which way you do it.

[Sir Asvald]

Say I had to install an extremely long Cat 6 cable. 1,000 feet. How much speed would I lose if I was paying my ISP for 75/75?

At half or more way use a gigabit switch. And then run another cable to the desired location.

[dalekphalm]

At half or more way use a gigabit switch. And then run another cable to the desired location.

Half way would still be way too long. Max length is 330 ft. Ethernet Cat cables are likely not the way he should do this. But of course, we need more info.

[Sir Asvald]

Half way would still be way too long. Max length is 330 ft. Ethernet Cat cables are likely not the way he should do this. But of course, we need more info.

I feel stupid

[dalekphalm]

I feel stupid

No worries. Refer to my post above, it explains things a bit better For those lengths, he should go Fibre Optic, if he still wants Gigabit speeds. Either that, or daisy chain a bunch of switches and repeaters together, which is a horrible solution.

[Sir Asvald]

No worries. Refer to my post above, it explains things a bit better For those lengths, he should go Fibre Optic, if he still wants Gigabit speeds. Either that, or daisy chain a bunch of switches and repeaters together, which is a horrible solution.

I'm actually into networking and obviously PCs. But I have been in 4 meetings. I'm still at the office completing some work.

[Sir Asvald]

No worries. Refer to my post above, it explains things a bit better For those lengths, he should go Fibre Optic, if he still wants Gigabit speeds. Either that, or daisy chain a bunch of switches and repeaters together, which is a horrible solution.

I'm actually into networking and obviously PCs. But I have been in 4 meetings. I'm still at the office completing some work.

[handruin]

Something like this could help.  Convert your CAT 6 into fiber and then back from fiber into CAT 6.  The killer will be in finding and buying a 1000' fiber cable.

 

1000 Mbps Gigabit Multi Mode Fiber Ethernet Media Converter SC 550m

[dalekphalm]

Something like this could help.  Convert your CAT 6 into fiber and then back from fiber into CAT 6.  The killer will be in finding and buying a 1000' fiber cable.

 

1000 Mbps Gigabit Multi Mode Fiber Ethernet Media Converter SC 550m

You can terminate your own cables, just like a ethernet patch cord. You just want to be super super careful, and test it before running it of course .

 

Amazon has various 1000 ft bulk Fibre cables listed, it's just a matter of choosing the correct type of cable I assume.