Comments on: What to do about cabling long distances and signal strength fading? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-to-do-about-cabling-long-distances-and-signal-strength-fading/ Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: 2kboot http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-to-do-about-cabling-long-distances-and-signal-strength-fading/#comment-58577 2kboot Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:57:29 +0000 #comment-58577 P.S. replace that repeater with a smart switch that will help also. Repeaters are older technology and tend to hinder you network performance.

]]> By: 2kboot http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/what-to-do-about-cabling-long-distances-and-signal-strength-fading/#comment-58576 2kboot Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:55:10 +0000 #comment-58576 Although Fiber is a good option, it also very explensive and requires different connection types.
If you need to place more te 50 meters of cable, you then need to add a swtich, a smart switch is not that expensive, and less than fiber. In addtion you dont need to configure smart switch. Just make sure you have a switch that runs at the same speed as your network.

Good Luck

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