quick network engineering review question

[Frank Wiles]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:38:40 -0500
Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins at tarcanfel.org> wrote:

> On Wednesday 01 June 2005 04:27 pm, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> 
> > Not a guaranteed answer, but I would say "no".  The wire from the
> > telecom does not carry straight ethernet traffic, it's frame relay
> > or dsl or something. you need some sort of modem device to translate
> > to ethernet.
> 
> To follow up: while ethernet is great for multiple hosts on a local
> loop or  star topology within a building, it's not designed for long
> distances.  You  can often get away with a run between buildings, but
> when you start building  cross-town links you need a different
> standard.  That's where other protocols  like Frame Relay and "DSL"
> come in.  This is why you need some sort of  "modem" between the
> cross-town link and your ethernet.

  The max distance for ethernet cables is 300ft between powered
  devices such as NICs, switches, etc.  

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