Long Cat5e runs
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Posted by on February 13, 2006, 8:42 am
Please log in for more thread options Hello all: I'm connecting 4 adjacent houses to a broadband satellite feed thru a Dlink DI-604. The cable runs will be 275ft, 190ft, 175ft, and 150 ft. Cable is standard cat5e flooded. Should this setup work ok? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Robert Redelmeier on February 13, 2006, 9:12 am
Please log in for more thread options winternals2006@yahoo.com wrote in part: It might work, but not for years. The lengths are well within spec (100m). The weakness is lightening protection. Any nearby (~150m, 1/2 second) lightening strike is very likely to fry ports/cards. -- Robert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on February 13, 2006, 9:26 am
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Didn't consider the lightning issue.... Any way of lessening the risk? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by DLR on February 13, 2006, 9:48 am
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winternals2006@yahoo.com wrote: > Didn't consider the lightning issue.... Any way of lessening the risk?
Fiber or wireless.
> Anything with copper means the person with the weakest protection will allow it into all. I'd up the other fellow's range to anything within a 1/2 or more. More if it hits a power line. Can you get reasonable line of site to the various places from the home base. Especially a winner if you can get it to all from the same spot. Best from a setup point of view is if you can "see" everyone from a thin wooden attic gable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by none on February 13, 2006, 10:02 am
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The best way is to use fiber. Use grounded lighting protectors (something like: http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/al-cat5w.php but there are plenty of other alternatives) Bury the cable in conduit. A direct hit is always going to fry your equipment. A near miss probably will fry some things (but at that point your network will be the least of your problems (ie. your other household electronics)). > Didn't consider the lightning issue.... Any way of lessening the risk?
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> satellite feed thru a Dlink DI-604. The cable runs will
> be 275ft, 190ft, 175ft, and 150 ft. Cable is standard
> cat5e flooded. Should this setup work ok?