Shortest network Cable
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What is the shortest network cable 'permissible'?
I have had people tell me nothing shorter that a foot. But I'm not sure as to the reason behind that statement.
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lol. Why would you want to make short cables (aside from patch cables). The shortest I've made is about 2 inches. (Full Admission: I did test it, but never used it, lol).
In practice, if I am making a non-standard length cable, I make it a little bit longer than I thik I need it to be.
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There's no requirement. But why would you need one shorter than 1ft. Even with a patch panel and a switch right under it you really still need 1ft to get the curve radius to not be tight, anything shorter would be too tigher and bending the cable not curving it. You never want to bend cables, curve them it makes a difference in how electrons flow (even circuit boards will use curves not corners and bends.)
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I have a set of old Linksys gear, the old consumer grade blue stackable type.
Don't need a ton of cable to use there,..
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@g.jacobse said:
What is the shortest network cable 'permissible'?
I have had people tell me nothing shorter that a foot. But I'm not sure as to the reason behind that statement.
The minimum length applies to the Ethernet bus and is specific to the use of Ethernet and to CAT5 cabling. It doesn't matter in a fully switched infrastructure because the minimum length is to provide adequate "bounce" time for collisions. Since full switched has no collisions, minimum lengths don't matter. But technically there is a minimum and if you use a hub it is possible that you would cause issues with something too short.
Minimum length was required knowledge for certs like the A+ and Network+ and MCSE way back in the day.
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@dafyre said:
lol. Why would you want to make short cables (aside from patch cables). The shortest I've made is about 2 inches. (Full Admission: I did test it, but never used it, lol).
In practice, if I am making a non-standard length cable, I make it a little bit longer than I thik I need it to be.
The short cables are patch cables. I could go shorter than the six inches I made,.. but again, there stacked,.. old and a 'temporary' testing section.
However I may use this for 'field' use but that is unknown currently.
By field use,.. I mean a real field.
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I guess when you get ready to configure it, you'll be using a field mouse?
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@g.jacobse said:
@dafyre said:
lol. Why would you want to make short cables (aside from patch cables). The shortest I've made is about 2 inches. (Full Admission: I did test it, but never used it, lol).
In practice, if I am making a non-standard length cable, I make it a little bit longer than I thik I need it to be.
The short cables are patch cables. I could go shorter than the six inches I made,.. but again, there stacked,.. old and a 'temporary' testing section.
However I may use this for 'field' use but that is unknown currently.
By field use,.. I mean a real field.
Why are you making patch cables.. buying in standard legths is much cheaper. making cables if you are paid more than min wage is expensive.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@g.jacobse said:
@dafyre said:
lol. Why would you want to make short cables (aside from patch cables). The shortest I've made is about 2 inches. (Full Admission: I did test it, but never used it, lol).
In practice, if I am making a non-standard length cable, I make it a little bit longer than I thik I need it to be.
The short cables are patch cables. I could go shorter than the six inches I made,.. but again, there stacked,.. old and a 'temporary' testing section.
However I may use this for 'field' use but that is unknown currently.
By field use,.. I mean a real field.
Why are you making patch cables.. buying in standard legths is much cheaper. making cables if you are paid more than min wage is expensive.
I'm making them for myself - so other than the plugs, I am out nothing.
