does cat5 cable length increase pings?

[soulm4tter]

I'm using a 40ft cat5 cable from a hub to my system. Could that increase pings at all?

 

[KevDODOUBLEG]

yes, theoreticly, but it goes so fast that it won't really make a difference!

 

[bozo1]

No. You'd have to run a cable a great deal further than Cat5 will go to even see a 1ms degradation.

 

[gsaldivar]

No, it won't affect pings.

 

[SnowPunk98]

No, pings that close are still gonna be like 1ms

 

[ibshort86]

what if u had a cat5 cable that reached from California to....umm, i dunno... New York. would length affect ping??? as compared to maybe....from California to Oregon?

 

[Fenix793]

nope I have 50ft cables between my computer and hub and my ping is like no more than a few ms.

 

[merlocka]

lol... of course it increases pings... about 1 picosecond per foot.

 

[FirmPete]

ibshort86: Such a cable definatly would increase your ping, since a cat 5 cable may not be longer than 100 mtrs (300ft)

 

[gsaldivar]

Cat5 cabling length limit for 10-BaseT networks is 100 meters.

(Even at this length, the "lag time" associated with a signal travelling over that cable is insignificant (nanoseconds?)...)

So, sending a "packet" from California to New York would not be possible using a single 10-BaseT network. You'd need to string several larger networks together, and use them to collectively "relay" the packet from California to New York.

So to answer your question, it's the "relaying" of the signal between the larger networks that increases ping, not the cable length of your local network.