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Sulaco

Sulaco

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Hey guys,

I'm hoping to get my home setup with Cable internet in the coming weeks. Unfortunately, my house is pretty badly designed in this area. Without going into too much detail, the only cable outlets on the computer level are on the other side of the house from the computers.
I was hoping to setup my room and my brothers room.
I went ahead and measured the rough distance with a tape measure (going along the walls, to be more accurate), and it's roughly 45-50ft to my brother's PC, and about 60-65 feet to mine.

Would there be any problems running a cable this length to each PC? I've read on DSLreports.com's FAQ that there shouldn't be, but I was hoping someone could give me some input. Any problems with signal strength/reliability at that length?

Also, as kind of a side question, is there a kidn of splitter that would be able to divert one cable to my room (on the left), and the other to my brother's (on the right)?
What would be the best way to go about doing this?

Thanks so much for any input, I really appreciate it!
 
Even crappy CAT5 cable should be able to handle that distance... the spec for 100BASE-T calls for 100 meters (about 300 feet) as the maximum cable length, so 60 or 70 feet is no problem.

I say should, because a lot depends on how well you make the cable ends, assuming you're not going to buy premade cables.

There's no way to split CAT5 cable without the use of something like a switch or a hub. I'd recommend setting up your cable modem and a router (which usually have a switch built in) near where the cable line comes into the house, and running cable to each of the PC's. However, if for example, your cable line comes in the house in the basement and all your computers are on the second floor, you might want to set up the cable modem and run a single CAT5 cable to a central location upstairs where you'd place the router/switch and run cable to each computer from that.

*EDIT* An alternative would be to use wireless if you're not thrilled about running CAT5 to each room with a computer in it.
 
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