Will this work?

[frankr]

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 

Frank

[chrisatpsu]

are the passives the 4 port, or the 16port?

[rm357]

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.

[frankr]

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

[chrisatpsu]

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

[rdebolt]

Looks good to me. That's pretty much what I am doing!