On 2013-10-27 19:26, Michael Torrie wrote:
On 10/27/2013 05:30 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:55:07 -0600
Tod Hansmann <[email protected]> wrote:
I live close enough to my parents that we have had a 180 foot cable
between our houses, run through our backyards and over a mutual
neighbour's fence. This fence was recently replaced, which is having
an affect on our cable.
Possibly the cable is getting old and was damaged in the course of
replacing the fence. Try replacing the cable.
And consider using fiber. It can be as cheap as $1 a meter, though
outdoor rated stuff is several times more expensive. In any case you
can run it at gigabit speeds. SC transceivers are as low as $50 a piece
on amazon I think. And it's much safer from an electrical point of
view. Running ethernet between buildings without special grounding and
surge protection hardware is actually against most building codes.
+1 to fiber...it's pretty neat stuff, and takes electrical/interference
complications out of the mix. I became reacquainted with some of the
nuances last week, so feel free to shout out if you (or anyone else)
have any questions about it.
Jima
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