Hey guys, i’m thinking about running around 500 feet (I know its between 400 - 600 feet) of Ethernet cable to a building on my property, I really need internet out there. How could I go about running the cable from my router? Do I need a repeater or range extender? Would power over Ethernet get me that far? Can somebody recommend the exact device that would help me? Lastly what speeds should I expect, would going that far slow down my connect tremendously? Thanks in advance!
I would run a pair of 250f cables and use a switch in the middle to retain the data. I am not sure how long it takes for a CAT6 to deteriorate in signal strength, but if it's like CAT5e, that's way too long. You could also try fiber optics if you know how to do it.
You can get fibre optic media converters pretty cheap and fibre optic cable costs pretty much the same as cat6. So that's probably what I'd do. Otherwise you could get two shorter cables and put a switch in the middle. You could use PoE to power the switch but after you buy a PoE powered switch and a PoE injector or switch to power it you're probably looking at the same cost as fibre.
100m is the spec I think with out a repeater. So that's 320 something feet. Of course, the cable doesn't stop working at that length. The signal still goes through, it just attenuates and performance suffers. But, if it were me, I'd just grab a basic repeater and slap it in half way. Of course, that assumes you can power it there.
Just FYI cat 6 deterioration starts at about 750 - 800 feet.
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if you have a clear line of site, you could simply do focused wifi or microwave emitters? not sure the cost on the microwave dishes though lol
But yeah, assuming you want to go wired, get a 500ft box of CAT6 cable and a poe switch. http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-8-Port-100Mbps-Switch-TPE-S44/dp/B000QYEN1W
not sure how your property is laid out.... but yeah. weather proofing it seems like a task. perhaps look in to wireless options?
well then, not need for a switch lol
Guess he could just run the cable and then see what kind of performance he gets. then, if needed, look into a switch.
Good information to know. Thanks
Well i'm out of line of site so I would have to run a cable, I would like the throw a switch in a garage in between the building and my house. So here is my plan as of now, router - about 300 ft of CAT 6 - powered switch - 200 ft of CAT 6 to building.
It sounds like you don't actually want to run 500ft of cable. I would do a point to point with two Ubiquiti Nanostationloco. That should cover the distance you need. You could always go with the regular nanostation if you are really concerned, but for 500 ft the locos should do fine.
Have any documentation on this? I'd be curious to see. 100m is the number I've always worked with (granted, it's been a while), but I've never had to run anything longer than maybe 50m before, so I've never had to test it in practice.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/22511-42-cable-long-quot-long-quot
Second post here, looking for spec sheet.
Edit: longest run I've done is 724 FT. Signal was relatively clean.
oh, well then hell. do it lol. powered inside? go for this then. metal housing. simple. http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ProSAFE-GS105NA-5-Port-Gigabit/dp/B0000BVYT3/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1437622341&sr=1-6&keywords=gigabit+switch
Relatively clean is unclean.
I said starts. I am in no way recommending that, just saying that it's possible.
Anybody have suggestions on what I can use to get wifi in the building with the cable I just ran? BTW thanks for all the support and help everyone :)
That is what I have always heard as well. You might be able to get more length without a problem, but the actual spec is for 100m.
Ah. Well the spec is definitely 100m (I just double checked to be sure I was remembering correctly). I was more hoping for some kind of test data on cable length showing real world performance vs the spec rather than anecdotal accounts though.
Wireless access point should work fine.
I should run some tests....