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Stray Dog Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 1

Hello,
Thanks to the atricle on "setting up a crossover cable" on this site. I was sucessfully able to connect my friend's PC with mine. Everybody said it would not work without hub or switch as our wire was too long (100 metres).
Although now network is set up, there is still one problem. I don't know what is its cause. We both are using WinXP, the "network places" showed shared folder of both of us. When i copied something to his shared folder it copied like rocket and my freind could also copy from his shared folder very fast. The problem is that when he sends something to me on my shared folder, it copies slowly and simlerly download to my PC slowly.

The crux is, when i send it goes fast and other end could recieve it fast, but when my friend send it is slow and i also recieve it slow.

Can anyone help me with this prob.

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:35 am Post subject:

The maximum length (maximum certifiable length) for CAT 5 patch or crossover cables is 328 feet (100 meters).

Beyond that, you run the risk of signal loss and other complications.

You can get a hub or switch for cheap. But i'm not sure if a switch or hub will help. unless it boosts or repeats the signals.(not sure if it does at this moment.)

Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2003 3:22 pm Post subject:

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The maximum length (maximum certifiable length) for CAT 5 patch or crossover cables is 328 feet (100 meters).

Beyond that, you run the risk of signal loss and other complications.

You can get a hub or switch for cheap. But i'm not sure if a switch or hub will help. unless it boosts or repeats the signals.(not sure if it does at this moment.)

and after that, what you expect to see is problems in the form of excessive collisions and late packets. This is because of reflections on the line, the impedance gets messed up after this, it's actually gradual. You can do 10mb/half duplex maybe.

Check your cable again. Make sure you made the crossover well on both sides, no crimp problems.

Too many collisions or lost packets results in the behaviour you are mentioning. Can't guarantee it, but can you try it with a short cable and see if it works fine?

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