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hci
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Long Cat-5 Run

Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:07 pm

Has anyone gotten a 600 foot shielded cat-5 run between Mikrotiks to link at 100base?
 
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Re: Long Cat-5 Run

Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:16 pm

max for cat5 runs is 300 feet.  Put a switch at the halfway point or replace it by fiber.
 
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Re: Long Cat-5 Run

Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:26 pm

Its buried for 600 foot.  Running 700 foot now at 10base fine for over a year.  Need 20mbps now though.  Was thinking of shortening it too 600 foot with POE powered mikrotiks to get down too 600 and hopefully getting 100base.
 
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Re: Long Cat-5 Run

Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:28 pm

Check VDSL media converters eg. Planet VC-201A.
This one is advertised as capable of symmetrical traffic for almost 100/100 Mb:
  • 200 m - 90/90 Mb/s
    400 m - 90/90 Mb/s
    600 m - 70/70 Mb/s
    800 m - 55/50 Mb/s
    1000 m - 40/35 Mb/s
    1200 m - 30/25 Mb/s
    1400 m - 25/20 Mb/s
    1600 m - 20/15 Mb/s
 
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Re: Long Cat-5 Run

Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:28 pm

10BASE-T use 2 pairs, split your 4 pairs cable to 2 lines then bonding (LACP) them
Just cost 4 RJ45 connector to have 20mb
 
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Re: Long Cat-5 Run

Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:43 pm

Thought of that.  But I need to bond so online speedtests show near 20mbps and no out of order packets for there VOIP.  Is there a way to do that?  802.3ad prevents out of order packets but each connection flows over only one link.  balance-rr allows 20mbps connections but has out of order packets that I think would affect there VOIP system.

We plan on trenching in fiber but that will take a few months.

I was hoping shaving 100 foot off would push it over hump to do 100mbps.
 
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Re: Long Cat-5 Run

Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:47 pm

VDSL media converter is transparent solution ... pure PnP

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