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Hardware => Lynx Smart String => Topic started by: frankr on November 13, 2012,
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Hello all,
I wanted to check this layout with experts and get some opinions before I finish deploying it and spend hours troubleshooting. For the record I have a pixelnet splitter in the coop that would make this less of a concern but not sure if that will be here/ or I will have the time to build it...
Anyways, attached is a picture of what I plan to deploy. My concern is the leg of the distribution that goes active->passive->passive.
Any experts want to give me some opinions on this ;D
Frank
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are the passives the 4 port, or the 16port?
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If it is the 4 port passive hubs, you are outside what we can say for sure. It might, it might not.
My advice to new folks is no - at least don't depend on this setup without testing with the actual length cords before you start putting things out.
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These are all 16 ports. The daisy chained passive hubs are right next to each other so the cat 5 cable between them is 5-10'. Even the Active hub that supplies them is right next to them. The longest run is the final run from the second active hub to the final passive hub.
Assuming I get the splitter below is what the layout would be.
Frank
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ok, since you're using 16 port passive hubs, both setups are fine. just make sure to use the pixelnet inputs / outputs for your connections
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Looks good to me. That's pretty much what I am doing!