RJ45 Lan up to 200 feet? [modified]
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I will be running a lan to an out-building (better than an out-house), and it looks like it will be about 200 feet of a wire path. Should that distance be able to be handled by a typical router such as Belkin wireless (already have a Wireless G with lan ports but does not provide enough bandwidth signal in the out-building) or the likes? Most I have had to deal with RJ45 is about 30' to 50'. Update: Thanks everyone for the help, it is appreciated!
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modified on Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:50 AM
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Sounds good to me! Will have to get this in over the next month to make sure I get there before our ground freezes :)
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What sort of conduit are you running it through? or are you hanging it from poles :( ?
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Actually, I plan to house it slightly undergound in PVC. Should keep me safe except for moles :)
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Rocky Moore wrote:
Actually, I plan to house it slightly undergound in PVC. Should keep me safe except for moles
LOL that should teach me to read everything before commenting.
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My dear Dan Arrrrgh..every time I see your signature it increases the potential that I may use that ridiculously harmed word in conversation around others :omg:
Do we weigh less at high tide?
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Do we weigh less at high tide?
Only half of them :laugh:
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Watch out for ground water in the conduit. I worked in a company that had underground conduit and the network went to cr*p everytime it rained.
If you run Cat5 or Cat5e from inside to outside or vice versa you will want to use a gel filled cable (outdoor rated). Even though you are going underground it will help ensure the longevity of the cable (if you are worried about it). 100 meters is the max length, but I've seen it work up to about 150 meters. You lose collision detection after 100 meters so your packets may get a little messed up on transfer! Remember any time you run cable in conduit pull in a piece of twine for future cables!
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Watch out for ground water in the conduit. I worked in a company that had underground conduit & the network went to cr*p everytime it rained!
I will probably seal the ends which will be above ground, should keep em safe ..
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I will probably seal the ends which will be above ground, should keep em safe ..
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I was in exactly the same situation a few year back. I had a little lan room not to far from my house, so i bought a roll of Cat 5e and got 2 work. I use an ordanary DLink router, I got a max length of up to 125m, after that the packet lost was quite heavy, the latency also went up a substantial amount. I used noramal 15m lengths of PVC pipe to secure the line. I used normal silicon sealer to close the ends up, also used PVC gue to gue the 15 PVC pipes together. So there you have it! works like a charm!