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From: pat@hprnd.rose.hp.com (Pat Thaler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: RS232 cable
Message-ID: <2230127@hprnd.rose.hp.com>
Date: 5 Nov 90 17:58:31 GMT
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> 
> We can be a little more adventurous these days knowing that 10BaseT allows us
> to run 10Mbit/s on unshielded twisted pair for up to ~50m (~165 feet or so).
> (:-)).
> 
10BASE-T allows up to 100 m on normal 24 AWG unshielded twisted-pair cable.
The system requirements and design of 10BASE-T are fairly different from
those of RS-232 and I don't think you can draw conclusions about what one
can support in distance based on the other.  For instance, RS-232 uses
single-ended drivers and can be run over ribbon cable; 10BASE-T uses
differential drivers and (because of its high frequency) should only
be run over twisted-pair cable.

Pat Thaler