500 foot network question

[Theatronix]

I'm about to set up a network (cat-5e) between a wireless internet receiver (dish antenna to the ISP's tower) and my house. Because of trees and other stuff in the way, the dish is located about 500 feet from the house. The configuration, wiring-wise, is:
(1) dish
--50 feet cat-5e--
(2) weatherproof box with power supply for the dish, and room for other stuff like a switch or router
--300 feet cat-5e--
(3) building with power available, and room for another switch or router
--130 feet cat-5e to the house--
(4) router or hub or switch
--shorter runs (20-40 feet max) to various computers in the house.

I am not sure what would work for these distances. I'm no expert in networking. The cable part is easy, but the connections and setup isn't something I've done before. My specialty is industrial computer systems and industrial radio control systems, not networks.

A while back I ran the wiring for an industrial building, coming from the office and running the length of the building with a couple of places for a router or switch. The total distance was about 750 feet, since the building covers about 2 or 3 acres, but I wasn't in on the actual setup of the network after I pulled the cat-5e wires. It worked, so I know that distance can be done, but not what was needed to make it work.

I have (2) 4-port switches available, and a couple of old hubs--a Netgear DS104 and an Intel Inbusiness 8-port hub. I could buy something else if needed.

Any ideas???
Thanks.

 

[JackMDS]

As long as No single run is longer than 300 feet before it is plugged into a switch port you are OK.

 

[azazel1024]

Also, no hubs, ever. Switches only. But, yeah, so long as no run is over 300ft you should be okay. That said, if you are laying wire anew, it may make sense to do fiber and SFP transceivers for the setup. Less for speed reasons than lightning and interference reasons. At least for the run from 2 to 3, I'd really consider doing it with fiber.

 

[Theatronix]

Thanks for the info. I thought that would be the case, but wanted to confirm it.

I'm not going to convert to fiber right now, since the cat-5 is already in the conduit, but might consider that later.

I have a couple of switches available, so will position them at the two points. where needed. Now, all I have to do is figure out how to make Ubuntu Linux talk to the internet dish. I suspect the installer will have info on that.