I am an electrical engineer by profession. I'm looking to extend the maximum range of my network equipment. I have a job that requires about 500 "flanked by the switches, and I'm annoying to discover a clever way to reduce the gap. The time is cat5e direct burial and is about the bandwidth requirements low. I know you can buy off the shelf range extenders, but they are expensive, so I thought maybe I could help it.
- It is my understanding that the protocols of lower speed (10 Mbps instead of 100, 1000) have a maximum length of operation longer, because they use a lower frequency and therefore see a low impedance. If so, are there network switches that can be forced to use lower frequency bands?
- Should not bother trying to find a cable with the lower characteristic impedance (or that all are similar)? Cat 5e is good enough, right?
- What should I do half or full-duplex, that is something I can control as well?
- What the network switches are reasonably priced and allow this type of configuration?
- If I put other switches on the ends of these 500 Ethernet bridge auto-negotiation function, there will be no conflict or that all along?
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