I'm thinking of running a 200ft ethernet cable through my house to an upstairs room. It will go from a Linksys WRT54G to an Xbox 360. Will this slow down the connection a lot because of the length? And DO NOT tell me to go wireless or anything else.
2007-10-27 14:59:29 · 5 answers · asked by McLad 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
200 feet is fine. You start to get signal degradation at 100 meters or at a little over 300 feet.
Wireless would be more convenient. You would just need to get a wireless adapter for the 360 and a signal booster that plugs in to an electrical outlet. It just wouldn't be as fast, obviously.
Regards,
Brandon
2007-10-27 15:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The official specification says that 100 meters is the maximum allowable length of an Ethernet cable. That's over 300 feet, so you should be fine.
Currently I'm running a 150 foot cable at home with no problem.
2007-10-27 15:04:20 · answer #2 · answered by Likini Solutions 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As everyone who have answered u now know that 100m is the length supported but u can have 500m ethernet cable using the 5-4-3 rule...
though in your case 200ft is less that the max lenght...
go ahead with it. as far as i am concerned wireless is not worth connecting to XBox....
cheers
2007-10-27 15:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by Maverickk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than 100 meters is too long.
2007-10-27 22:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by GJneedsanswers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100m for utp and 600ft (185m) for thinnet. your router may not have thinnet port in it
2007-10-27 19:24:50 · answer #5 · answered by supercheapcamera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋