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Originally Posted by Scott R
At 1000MB on CAT 5e you can get a reliable 30 meters given the consumer class switch and router (that I assume you have). To test this theory you can hard code your ports to a slower speed, if possible, something like 10MB/Half and see if it negotiates.
However this all for not with a bad cable, and it really sounds like you have a bad or poor cable, or possibly a bad switch port or patch somewhere in there.
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I've done full length (100m per spec) runs using home grade equipment and it worked well enough to feed 6 hi-def video streams for several hours and no glitches. Cable run from a gibbon enclosure to front of zoo for an event that normally happens in/through the zoo but the little slut monkeys made a baby unexpectedly and gave birth 3 days before the event, so they didn't want the crowds coming through. Had cables gaffer taped to trees, all sorts of crazyness to make it work. But it worked.