the problem is that every one of these solutions will not be cheap. If the cat5 is in conduit, I would pull fiber. If not, I would scrap the cat5 and look into wireless, either point to point, or a small mesh around the neighborhood. Companies like aruba networks, etc, are not too pricey. ;)
-Steve On Mar 12, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Levi Pearson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:50 AM, S. Dale Morrey <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hey everyone. >> >> I've been asked to salvage a project where someone laid cat 5 to all >> the houses in a neighborhood but didn't seem to have a concept of >> signal loss in long runs of cat 5. >> Assuming this is a max of 250m from the head end, is there an >> amplifier or relay or something that can be placed at the end points >> to mitigate the packet loss issues? > > I happen to be aware of a non-standard Ethernet PHY made by Broadcom > that can handle these kinds of distances (up to 500m) and is > compatible with standard Ethernet as well. It's called BroadR-Reach: > https://www.broadcom.com/products/Physical-Layer/BroadR-Reach-PHYs/ . > They originally announced it in 2007 for long-distance wiring runs > over cheap wiring for hotels, apartments, etc. But it's recently been > re-targeted for automotive ethernet use, since it gets you 100Mbit/s > over a single twisted pair. > > Unfortunately, I don't know how you'd find actual products that use it > that would fit your needs, though I imagine some must exist. Good > luck! > > --Levi
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