Extending ethernet 500ft away - ethernet extender or uplink another switch in the middle?

Hi All,

planning on putting 10-12 systems to another floor in my building. we estimate about 500ft of backbone run. I am deliberating between an ethernet extender pair kit such as the Tupavco TEX-100 or cutting the backbone somewhere around 250' and uplinking a gigswitch? I'm leaning towards the gigswitch because it'll be only a 2nd leg. at the endpoint will place a distribution switch for poe to phones and workstations. With the TEX-100 i'd max out at 100mbps but it would be a single segment up through the floors. thanks for your advice and Hafa Adai!