Hello,
I am a bit confused here. I read all over the place 100 meters is an acceptible distance to run cat 5. However I am only running 40 to 50 feet. I run a 6 foot cable from my modem to my router where I run 40 to 50 feet to a pc at my entertainment center. I also run 30 feet up to another pc and run 3 wireless connections at diferent times, No connectivity problems with any of them. The wired connections are at 100mbps. I bought a Blue Ray player and connected it with the 40 to 50 foot cable and had no connection. First it said it couldnt get an ip so I manually configured it. Then it said gateway ping failed, Wich i found out simply means the player couldnt ping or connect to the router. nor could I ping the player from any of my other pc's. I thought the player to be bad so I returned it and bought a different brand. It had the same problem. So I started to experiment. I tried a different router, no luck there. I took the router out of play, no luck there. I moved the router to the other end of the cable and it would not connect. However the pc and a laptop would connect through the same cable. I then uncoiled a 100 foot cable and tested it. To my surprise neither pc nor the router would connect through a mere 100 feet. Keep in mind I did these tests both straight from the modem and with the modem connected by 6 feet of cable to a router then cabled with the longer cables all with the same results as I stated above. I am at a loss as there is no interference from anything to the cable as I can see it as the cables were run on top of the carpet and there is nothing but wood and air under the floor. aglso it was done with 2 different cables. Like I said I am at a loss, any help would be great.
I am a bit confused here. I read all over the place 100 meters is an acceptible distance to run cat 5. However I am only running 40 to 50 feet. I run a 6 foot cable from my modem to my router where I run 40 to 50 feet to a pc at my entertainment center. I also run 30 feet up to another pc and run 3 wireless connections at diferent times, No connectivity problems with any of them. The wired connections are at 100mbps. I bought a Blue Ray player and connected it with the 40 to 50 foot cable and had no connection. First it said it couldnt get an ip so I manually configured it. Then it said gateway ping failed, Wich i found out simply means the player couldnt ping or connect to the router. nor could I ping the player from any of my other pc's. I thought the player to be bad so I returned it and bought a different brand. It had the same problem. So I started to experiment. I tried a different router, no luck there. I took the router out of play, no luck there. I moved the router to the other end of the cable and it would not connect. However the pc and a laptop would connect through the same cable. I then uncoiled a 100 foot cable and tested it. To my surprise neither pc nor the router would connect through a mere 100 feet. Keep in mind I did these tests both straight from the modem and with the modem connected by 6 feet of cable to a router then cabled with the longer cables all with the same results as I stated above. I am at a loss as there is no interference from anything to the cable as I can see it as the cables were run on top of the carpet and there is nothing but wood and air under the floor. aglso it was done with 2 different cables. Like I said I am at a loss, any help would be great.
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