Cascading switches in home network

[DesiPower]

Is it possible?

I have router (ASUS RT-N66U) in room 1, a cable (75ft) runs from room 1 to room 2 where I have a switch (ASUS GX-D1081 V3) that feeds to 3 devices. Now have another room which has 3 devices that should very well use the wired connection, but cannot be connect to room 1, but can be connected to room 2 by a 35ft cable. Running 3 cables from room 2 to 3 would be too much, I was wondering if I can put another switch in room 3.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Sure. I think that the limit for Gigabit over Cat6e is 100m. Or 100Mbit over Cat5e, maybe 200m, not sure.

 

[brshoemak]

Yes, you can connect multiple switches in that manner. Every time you connect into another switch your maximum cable run distance is reset. Meaning you could theoretically have a 10 mile gigabit cabled connection as long as you had a switch every 100 meters.

Just for reference - max speed/cable/distance:

CAT5E - 1 Gigabit at 100m
CAT6 - 10 gigabit at 50m
CAT6A - 10 gigabit at 100m

(every cable type will support all speeds and distances lower that it - meaning CAT6A will obviously do 1 Gigabit)