The signal can only be sent so far before becoming distorted
The current maximum length for a serial cable is around 50 meters. Different cables have length limits with the maximum varying.
1480 METERS
40 Pins and 80 wires. Maximum recommended length is 18" but can purchase 24" cables.
maximum is 100 meters or 328 ft
10BaseT is another name for co-axial cable. It has a maximum cable length of 185 meters or 607 ft.
5 meters
5 meters
There are two different ways of looking at this. The maximum length from end to end from the telecommunications closet to the wor karea device is 100 meters. The horizontal cable itself is usually a maximum of 90 meters, with 10 meters maximum from the wall plate to the device in the work area.
The maximum allowed length of a Cat-6 cable is 100 meters (330 ft) when used for 10/100/1000baseT. This consists of 90 meters (300 ft) of solid "horizontal" cabling between the patch panel and the wall jack, plus 10 meters (33 ft) of stranded patch cable between each jack and the attached device. Since stranded cable has higher attenuation than solid cable, exceeding 10 meters of patch cabling will reduce the permissible length of horizontal cable. When used for 10GbaseT, Cat-6 cable's maximum length is 55 meters (180 ft) in a favorable alien crosstalk environment, but only 37 meters (120 ft) in a hostile alien crosstalk environment such as when many cables are bundled together. 10GbaseT runs of up to 100 meters (330 ft) are permissible using Cat-6a.
The maximum length of a segment is usually 100 meters. In practice, it's a good idea to stay under 90 m for fixed cables, since patch cables at either end are likely to add another several meters to the overall length.
For any Cat 5 cable, the maximum segment length is 100 meters per segment.
18 inches (45cm)