Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Increase in Latency, Decrease in DL between routers.

**johnwill** · 07-08-2009, 07:40 AM

Well, if that cable is in a single run with no booster, that's most likely a big part of the problem. CAT5/5e/6 is specified for a maximum of 100 meter hops, and that gets reduced for each connector or patch cord in the path.

I'd put a booster (a simple Ethernet switch will do fine) in the middle of that run, my guess is things will work a lot better.

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johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,623 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Increase in Latency, Decrease in DL between routers. Well, if that cable is in a single run with no booster, that's most likely a big part of the problem. CAT5/5e/6 is specified for a maximum of 100 meter hops, and that gets reduced for each connector or patch cord in the path. I'd put a booster (a simple Ethernet switch will do fine) in the middle of that run, my guess is things will work a lot better. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience