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The 300 meter limit in standard ethernet cable length is between any two points on the network. If you install a network switch at the mid-point, you can connect two computers 600 meters apart. The model you link to above is just fine... any ethernet switch should work.

Some additional tips:

  • ■ Use the highest quality cables you can afford. Cable quality becomes increasingly...
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The 300 meter limit in standard ethernet cable length is between any two points on the network. If you install a network switch at the mid-point, you can connect two computers 600 meters apart. The model you link to above is just fine... any ethernet switch should work.

Some additional tips:

  • ■ Use the highest quality cables you can afford. Cable quality becomes increasingly important as your approach the 300 meter limit for each cable. CAT 6 is an absolute must if you want a long run to function at gigabit speeds.

    ■ If you're thinking of running cable between your house and a neighbor's house, DON'T. Fiber optic cable or wireless links are safe and appropriate for such applications. If you run copper cable, you can cause serious issues due to the potential difference in ground between the two buildings. Basically, you'll get an unexpected electrical current flow because ground (3rd prong on your power plug) for one house is different than ground on the second house.

Good luck!
 
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bill001g

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Although stwarteb was trying to be helpful a lot of the information in the post is incorrect.

The major mistake is the limit for ethernet no matter what kind of cable you use is 100m 300ft not 300 meters.

Although you might go a slight bit more than this it is more dependent on the equipment you put on the ends than the cable. You have to be careful even when you get close to 100m because some patch panels and jacks add just enough resistance to make it not work.

You will get no more distance using cat5e or cat6 or even cat7. You can just run more speed at the 100m limit. The distance is a function of how much power the device can put out not so much the capacity of the cable.

So how do you solve this.

As mentioned if you can do it you put in a switch to retransmit the signal every 100m. The switch you have linked will do the job for that purpose. There is a limit to how many times you can do this but I forget exactly its a long way but nobody does it because it becomes cheaper to run fiber.

The only way to use just wire to go longer distance is not to use ethernet. You could if you could afford it run DSL over it but you would need a small dslam unit similar to what telco use. Not super expensive on the used market but outside the hobby budget. You also might be able to get some of the old cisco switches they used for metro-e. This is different than what they sell now with that name. Again you would have to locate these on the used market but I have not seen them for many years since fiber costs about the same as copper to have run when you are going any distance.
 
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