Hi Everyone,

I was just talking with my sister who has setup a home LAN. She has 4 computers on it, sharing out her cable modem connection. They are using the Linksys BEFSR4 router.

Basically what they did was moved one of the PC's to another room and now this PC cannot surf the Internet. They can share files / printers etc, but for some reason this PC cannot get out to the internet.

Nothing has changed configuration wise on the PC, according to her. All they did was move the PC and run a new length of wire from the PC to the router.

The only thing I have come up with was maybe they have exceeded the maximum length allowed for a CAT5 segment, which is I know is 100 meters (328 feet). She says that she thinks the new segment is around 600-700 feet which is way over the limit.

Does anyone think that this could be the case here? Or should I have her check some other things? I do think that the cable is to long and that the cable modem signal isn't strong enough to reach her PC.

If anyone has any answers to this problem, I'd greatly appreciate it.