quick network engineering review question
Frank Wiles
frank at wiles.org
Thu Jun 2 21:10:33 CDT 2005
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:38:40 -0500
Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 June 2005 04:27 pm, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
>
> > Not a guaranteed answer, but I would say "no". The wire from the
> > telecom does not carry straight ethernet traffic, it's frame relay
> > or dsl or something. you need some sort of modem device to translate
> > to ethernet.
>
> To follow up: while ethernet is great for multiple hosts on a local
> loop or star topology within a building, it's not designed for long
> distances. You can often get away with a run between buildings, but
> when you start building cross-town links you need a different
> standard. That's where other protocols like Frame Relay and "DSL"
> come in. This is why you need some sort of "modem" between the
> cross-town link and your ethernet.
The max distance for ethernet cables is 300ft between powered
devices such as NICs, switches, etc.
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