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Welcome to Networking — Episode 03

The 100 Meter Rule and Careful Installation

August 14, 2026 · 11:23

Prefer YouTube? Watch this episode on the channel — comments and questions live there.

About this episode

One hundred meters is not a measurement. It is a budget with three parts: ninety meters for the permanent link in the walls, and ten meters of patch cord shared between both ends. A long cord at the desk leaves less for the closet.

This episode takes that budget apart. Why the wall cable is solid and the patch cords are stranded, why patch panels exist at all, what actually happens on a run that goes past the limit, and what to do when a site makes the standard impossible.

The second half is installation. Bend radius, tight coils, distance from power, and the fire rating printed on the jacket. These are the practices that separate a run which certifies from a run that mostly works.

Chapters

The same chapters as on YouTube, so you can find your place in either player.

  1. 0:00 The one hundred meter rule
  2. 0:42 Ninety meters plus ten
  3. 1:19 When the standard does not fit
  4. 1:55 Solid cable and stranded cords
  5. 2:40 Buy once, cry once
  6. 3:36 What happens past the budget
  7. 4:37 Installation, and the care the signal needs
  8. 5:07 Bend radius
  9. 6:01 Tight coils
  10. 6:45 Separation from power
  11. 8:06 The one at a time trap
  12. 8:53 Jackets, fire, and the NEC
  13. 9:59 Fixing what already exists
  14. 10:51 Outro