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Offline 0Drag

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cable length
« on: October 22, 2002, 05:53:30 PM »
My DSL cable is very long.  Does this screw things up in terms of delay???  I have noticed quite a long delay and thought that I might be better off moving the computer next to the outlet...

Offline maddog

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cable length
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2002, 10:00:38 AM »
no

Offline Heater

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Re: cable length
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2002, 06:46:00 PM »
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Originally posted by 0Drag
My DSL cable is very long.  Does this screw things up in terms of delay???  I have noticed quite a long delay and thought that I might be better off moving the computer next to the outlet...


Yes, Cable length does matter, Max length between the Splitter & DSL modem should be no more than 20 meters and only use twisted pair, anything over 20 meters and you will begin to see a drop.

But the shorter the beter!
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Re: Re: cable length
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2002, 09:12:07 AM »
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Yes, Cable length does matter, Max length between the Splitter & DSL modem should be no more than 20 meters and only use twisted pair, anything over 20 meters and you will begin to see a drop.

But the shorter the beter!


CAT5 maxdistance is 100 meters.  Shouldn't make to much of a problem up to that unless it's documented by an ISP...  I'm open to a link to prove otherwise.  Also all CAT cables should be TP.