Enabling Extended Distances: How To Successfully Connect Network Devices Beyond the 100-Meter Threshold

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Summary 

The 100-meter maximum distance for twisted-pair copper cabling systems and their applications has been a standards-imposed limit for decades. The reality of today’s enterprise and campus environments is that multiple building systems reside on the network, and network devices of all types frequently are located in remote locations farther than 100 meters from the nearest telecommunications room (TR). In many cases, these devices are Power over Ethernet-capable, making twisted-pair cabling the ideal medium to support them—if only that 100-meter barrier could be overcome.

This webinar, hosted by Cabling Installation & Maintenance and delivered by CommScope Infrastructure Systems Engineer Jeremy Jennings, provides insight on solutions that enable network owners to confidently connect devices more than 100 meters from a TR. Jennings describes common scenarios for which greater-than-100-meter data and power (PoE) connections are needed, then details the cabling-system options that are available to meet these needs. Focusing on twisted-pair copper cabling as well as powered fiber cabling technologies, the webinar takes a solution-based approach to solving this challenge. It covers practical considerations that cabling system designers, installers, and owners must make, including: system performance capabilities and achievable distances, design and installation practices, manufacturer warranties, testing, standards compliance/guidance, and more.

If you are responsible for cabling systems in enterprise or campus environments, you likely have faced this beyond-100-meters challenge, or soon will. This 1-hour webinar, backed by CommScope’s technical capabilities and in-the-field experience, provides clarity on how you can meet this challenge, along with practical guidance for doing so.