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Khahlil Louisy

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Instead of using one 100ft ethernet cable, I want to use two 50ft cables and use an ethernet extender. Will I experience any lag or loss in transmission due to the extender? if so, why would that be?
 
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casper1973
There is no need for an extender as cat5/cat5e is good for up to 100m (328ft).

Using an extender would add some latency - any device does - for absolutely no benefit.


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The amount of latency it adds depends on the quality of the device you use.
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100ft is only 1/3 of the max length for an ethernet cable. That should work with two 50ft. Make sure the cables and the plugs are in good condition. The general problem with extenders is, that the contacts work as a resistor and a capacitor and change the parameter of the cable.
 
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There is no need for an extender as cat5/cat5e is good for up to 100m (328ft).

Using an extender would add some latency - any device does - for absolutely no benefit.


PS.
The amount of latency it adds depends on the quality of the device you use.
 
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bill001g

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It depends what you mean "extender". A electronic device would work it is basically just a switch and if you get extremely technical is does delay the traffic some fraction of 1ms. Now if what you are calling a extender are those little plastic device with a RJ45 on each side that you can buy for a couple dollars those are normally called couplers. At the distance you are looking at there is no issue. I am sure they could cause a issue if you were near the 100m limit but it is hard to predict how much.
 
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bill001g

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This is completely and totally false. Don't go around finding old thread and putting in invalid updates. Cat5 cable will not work up to 500ft for ethernet it is limited to 100m.

 
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