Cable 100m (Will Patch Panels Extend the Range?)

[Adria Atlantis]

Howdy,
I'm looking for clarity on something. I know that ideally for Cat5e we're looking at a maximum of 100m for 1Gbps if connected end-to-end.

Am I right in thinking that if I put a Patch Panel in between source destination (let's say 50m, so halfway) that it's still within the 100m. And I'll get full 1Gbps. Or.. Will a Patch Panel restart that 100m? So, could I have 5 patch panels between a switch and a PC giving me up to 500m?

I'm thinking that's a no because there's no power source on the patch panel. So the ultimate question is do just switches/routers regenerate that signal? So if I wanted 500m between the outside world and a PC that I would need 5 switches?

Thank you all

 

[Adria Atlantis]

Thank you, that's what I was thinking but the Internet does give mixed search results. But I totally forgot about Fibre, so focused on studying Copper and overthinking it.

Thank you so much for clearing that up

 

[Adria Atlantis]

Awesome info, fully understand