Here is a challenge: Need to network 2 buildings under difficult conditions.

[skyking]

Originally posted by: Garion

Originally posted by: groovin
snags are always a problem.... bigger problem if there are no pull strings!

we need to start training mice to carry wires in their mouths and run through conduits!

Snags are a pain, but there's ways around it.. An old cable installer trick is to wad up a plastic bag and tie a pull string to the end of it. Stick it in one end of the conduit. Go to the far end of the conduit and put a shop vac hose into it, seal around the end of the vacuum and the edge of the conduit and turn it on. You'd be AMAZED at how fast that string pulls through the conduit and the suction can usually get it past any snags, unless it's major.

One note - You don't need a whole garbage bag for a 1" inner duct conduit. That's just more likely to get snagged. Be reasonable about it. Start as small as you can and work up if that doesn't go.

- G

If you have an air compressor with a large tank, that really sends a "mouse" through! I had some conduit that had sat open for a few years, and I shot the "mouse", the string, and a geyser of water about 6 feet into the air that way😛
You just wrap the air nozzle with a rag to get a reasonable seal, and also to have something for the string to pass through.

 

[Garion]

Originally posted by: Freejack2
I stopped up there today and was able to get more detail. The good news is if they can get ethernet cables through the conduit the run is less than 300' before we can put a repeater on it. The total run is probably less than the max of 328' hub to hub so a repeater may not even be needed. They have one if we need it though.
I looked up the Cisco wireless stuff, looks nice but $5000 is insane!
I'm hoping they can pull the stuff through the conduits.

One additiional trick - If you look at the fiber, it has a distance indicator - A number which indicates how far it is from the beginning or end of the spool. You should be able to find a number on one end then find it on the next end and do some basic subtraction and see exactly how long the run is.

- G

 

[Freejack2]

Originally posted by: Garion

Originally posted by: Freejack2
I stopped up there today and was able to get more detail. The good news is if they can get ethernet cables through the conduit the run is less than 300' before we can put a repeater on it. The total run is probably less than the max of 328' hub to hub so a repeater may not even be needed. They have one if we need it though.
I looked up the Cisco wireless stuff, looks nice but $5000 is insane!
I'm hoping they can pull the stuff through the conduits.

One additiional trick - If you look at the fiber, it has a distance indicator - A number which indicates how far it is from the beginning or end of the spool. You should be able to find a number on one end then find it on the next end and do some basic subtraction and see exactly how long the run is.

- G

Cool, thanks. Still waiting to hear back from our salesguy. He asked the regional salesmanager how much we can do. If he gets a go ahead I'll probably got back when the cable puller shows up.