Serial Cable

Hey I was wondering whats the maximun length that a dce/dte serial cable can be? Say I'm connecting two routers.

Thanks alot

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Darthn3ss

from what i know serial cables are used for WAN connections so you should be good far past 40 miles long........

lol, i'm joking. i know i've seen them come in like 14-16ft on ebay, and we use some pretty long ones on the racks at school.

Paul Boz

I googled for "maximum serial cable length" and this was the first reply.

http://www.connectworld.net/cable-length.html

seraphus

Darthn3ss wrote:

from what i know serial cables are used for WAN connections so you should be good far past 40 miles long........

lol, i'm joking. i know i've seen them come in like 14-16ft on ebay, and we use some pretty long ones on the racks at school.

ha! You're like a mind reader!