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Maximum/ ideal length of ethernet cable?

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What is the maximum and/or ideal length of an ethernet cable? Is there a distance that data cannot be transferred over an ethernet cable, say over X number of feet?

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There is no ideal length of a cat 5 cable but the specification states that it should not be more than 100m (328 feet). More info on the wiki page The specification of 328 feet has to do entirely with collision detection in a CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense …

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