Lan cabling 15 pc

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 Question by adrian maranga posted 13 Aug 2007
 Lan cabling 15 pc
i tried cabling 15 pc on lan,however,im using cat5 at a range of 10m from hub i experience low connectivity using 100mbps,what does anything i have to do or mistake in my cabling.
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 Answer by Dmitri Abaimov posted 22 Aug 2007
Dear Adrian,

"Limited to no connectivity" usually means that the PC cannot get an IP address from the DHCP server on the network. It can still be another problem, including a cabling problem, but I would start with making sure the DHCP server is available.

Sincerely,
Dmitri Abaimov, RCDD

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