Working to design a 100 Mb network that will consist of a central switch, connected to a second switch (connected to 2 or 4 hubs) and the central switch will also be connected to about 6 to 8 hubs.
My question: What is the max length of UTP cat5 cable I can run (under Fast Ethernet standards) between the central switch and the stuff that it connects to?
If I have the same 100m as between PC and hub, I won't need to run fiber.
Also, what is the difference in price between a switch that will accept fiber connections and one that will use cat5, and the difference in price between a hub that allows fiber uplink and one that won't? I can actually run 2 stranded multimode fiber for the exact same cost as Cat5 UTP.
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Paul M. Victorey
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