Hello,
I am looking for an abacus to know the maximum theoretical lengths of a cable according to its category and the speed.
for example, what is the theoretical maximum length on a category 6 cable for a speed of 10mbs.
depending on the type of shielding (ftp, utp, stp,....)
thank you
Did anyone else visualize an incredibly huge abacus?
Abacus for maximum length of a Cat 6 cable
or is this more of a Gogocus instead of an Abacus?
I have a 150m cable in category 6 for 100mbs.
it is above the official recommendations and it has been working for 2 years without any problem.(while a part runs along the strong current)
my request does not relate to the official recommendations. Just the physical limitations depending on the frequency, attenuation,...
thank you
Dont see how you can specify a theoretical limit as the achieved range would depend to a good degree on the actual limits of the ethernet devices at each end.
Plus of course there are all sorts of factors that would also come into play, the quality\losses of the terminations at the ends, the number and type of bends in the cable, the temperature, nearness to other types of cable and the actual frequencies and levels of interferance at various points in the cable, etc, etc.
I would be surprised if an Arduino could do this type of modelling .........
The limits for 10Base-T Ethernet operation are specified as attenuation and crosstalk limits, there is no length restriction as such, study the specification.
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