Fast EtherHub-12se User’s Guide

Distance Limit for Fast Ethernet Cabling

There are two common ways to calculate maximum cable length. The first way, which is refered to as the “Simplified Cable Length Constraints” method assumes that the maximum permissible cable length is used to connect various end-node devices (such as workstations or servers) to the hub. A more careful method of calculating maximum cable length, referred to as the “Precise Length Budgeting” method, requires you to measure the exact cable length for each pair of nodes that need to communicate, and to provide the signal delay time for each hub in your system. Both of these methods are described in this section.

Simplified Cable Length Constraints

The Fast EtherHub-12se is a Class II repeater. IEEE recommends that Class II hubs be limited to a cascade of two hubs. The simplest rule is that workstation connections be limited to 100 meters for twisted-pair cabling and 112 meters for fiber optic cabling, and that interhub cabling be limited to 5 meters. If you are stacking hubs in a wiring closet, this is good advise. When a hub is located in central wiring closet, connections to end users tend to be very long. Using these assumptions, then maximum cable lengths depend on the device type you want to attach to the hub, as shown in the following table:

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When connecting to another hub, traffic is confined to a single collision domain. However, when connecting to a collapsed backbone (e.g., a switch or router), the collision domain is broken up, enabling the use of longer cable lengths as illustrated in the preceeding table.

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