Extending LAN to Neighbors house????

[Brian07]

Ok, heres the deal. I currently have a switch connected in my home that consists of 5 PC's. I've been uplinking a hub from the neighbors house to allow 4 more computers to join in on our network(gaming, file sharing). Well everything works fine but I keep having to replace the cable link between the two houses (about 70 or 80 yard piece of cable). I'm currently running the cable from a bedroom, in the wall up into the roof, out the peak of the roof eve, alongside a Direct TV cable onto a power pole, down the power pole and into the base of the house. I realize that the DTV cable may be messing with the signal, so my question is what method would be the most effecient to run the cable? I'm thinking about buying some garden hose or PVC pipe and burying it? Think this would suffice? I'm currently using CAT 5 Non plenum cable. Whats the plenum? Shielding? Any comments or sugestions would be most appreciative!

Brian

 

[aUt0eXebat]

Plenum Grade cabling is less likely to burn, and it dosnt give off a posinous gas when its burned. and is required to run in between celings/floors, atleast by the fire codes.. Instead of using UTP cabling, use STP, that may help with the interfierence, but prob something else is getting at the wire, try something like you sugested.

 

[CTR]

You can try STP, but be advised that the impedance is different than that of UTP, so it may not work with some hubs/switches/pc's. And the copper is thicker, so you'll probably have to strip off all the plastic insulation from the conductors to get an RJ-45 end on it. It would be easier to terminate this kind of cable to some kind of panduit or ortronics 110-to-rj45 adapter. Then you can use patch cables or whatever to get it back to the switch or PC. Do you get the impression that I've tried to do this before?

 

[Harrald]

I have a similar set up that you have this is what we've done.

Get a flexable piece of conduit. Telephone and Cable companies use this when they need to bury a cable in an area it could get damaged. The conduit should already have a drag line in it and some drag spray (I don't know the real name) will help get it through a bit easier.


Also I think that the 70-80 "Yards" could be a problem. I thought that 100' was as long as Cat5 should be run. I have run it at least 200' with no problem though. Just A thought.


Good luck.

 

[Brian07]

CTR - Never mind, after re reading your post it was quite obvious what you meant by termination. Thanks!

I am under the impression the distance constraints are more like 100 METERS. I'm gonna try conduit and see what gives, again I've never had intermittant connectivity issues, it simply works or doesn't work.

Thanks guys!

Brian

 

[goldboyd]

yup, the max distance is 100meters

 

[Harrald]

100 meters.....meters not feet....meters not feet.....that damm metric system screwing me up again.


Thanks for the correction.

 

[Spuffin]

be SURE you aren't running the wire over any flourescent lights, as those will royally screw your signal. Yes, royally.

 

[Emory7]

I too have a network with my neighbor's house. Got underground phone wire from the local Bell. Has been down 3 years with no problems. Distance is 1140 ft. Sandra reports a consistant throughput of 1140kB/s.

 

[Brian07]

Under ground phone wire? How much does the stuff cost? Whats different about it vs. regular CAT5? If you could shoot me some information I would appreciate it!