oceansoul
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My friend has built an out building/"den" at the end of her 100' garden, and wants the internet/access to the familys media/file storage etc. Her answer was to just string the longest ethernet cable down the garden, but there gotta be a better way of doing this. Ive been suggested that fiber is the best way to go?? She asked me to look in to it lol
We use fiber optics at work for our control highways btw
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Aaron
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Does the power to the said "den" run on the same phase as the rest of the house?
If so, then i think Home Plugs might be your answer (could be wrong though)
http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-pl-85pe.htm
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Tim
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Fibre would be an expensive option (media converters or a decent switch with SFPs, plus the tools to terminate the cable). Standard copper using cable suitable for external use would be your cheapest/easiest option.
HomePlug would be fine if you're on the same phase and have no power conditioning to the den, but don't expect the performance written on the box. I have HomePlug AV adapters (the 200Mbps standard) that only sustain around 50Mbps.
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Leighton
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We have standard cat 5 strung up on the farm and some of the lenghts are prity close to 100ft, works fine as well 
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Aaron
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100ft should be fine. Its around the 90/100m length that the signal begins to attenuate on Cat5 is it not?
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ed
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Cat 5 cable run through a hose pipe in the back of our flower bed and through a hedge has worked for me for many years before in the past before we setup a wireless bridge.
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oceansoul
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cheers for the replies. I just "found" a nice big reel of armoured cat5e at work, so gunna be using some of that 
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pow
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Yeahh 100' is only ~33m, you'll me fine with that - make sure it's outdoor grade though 
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DaveyLC
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Just use WIFI..
This will easily cover the distance:
http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-el-esr-1221.htm
Or to be 100% sure get a couple of EOC-2610's
[Edited on 27-07-2009 by DaveyLC]
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Just use WIFI..
This will easily cover the distance:
http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-el-esr-1221.htm
Or to be 100% sure get a couple of EOC-2610's
[Edited on 27-07-2009 by DaveyLC]
If they can run a cable then it would be silly to go for a slower (and potentially flaky) wireless connection
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DaveyLC
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Its not quite as simple as 'a piece of cable' You'll need a switch at each end of the cable unless its one remote PC therefore you'll need atleast a swtich in the house. For the sake of buying a switch you might as well spend a few quid more and buy a WIFI router with a client bridge mode and use that Saves having to faf about with a bit of wire.
A quality wifi setup will be as reliable as cable.. Obviously not as fast but WirelessN is over 300mbit.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Its not quite as simple as 'a piece of cable' You'll need a switch at each end of the cable unless its one remote PC therefore you'll need atleast a swtich in the house. For the sake of buying a switch you might as well spend a few quid more and buy a WIFI router with a client bridge mode and use that Saves having to faf about with a bit of wire.
A quality wifi setup will be as reliable as cable.. Obviously not as fast but WirelessN is over 300mbit.
It's pretty much as simple as "laying a piece of cable" - what's complicated about it (maybe crimping some RJs will be the difficult bit and even then that's a piece of piss)? Infact it's easier to setup than a wireless system Plus i would hazard a guess that oceansoul's friend has a router, in which case jobs done. If not, then they can pick up a router/switch of the bay for £10 quid or about £30 for a gig router.
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