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CChoi83
join:2002-01-03
Manhasset, NY
| reply to telecaster22
Re: I wanna run cat 5 about 500 feet Yes, but that'll still give you problems. Even going at the rated-limit of 100m/328ft might still give you problems. You have to consider various factors for copper like RFI/EMI, signal degradation, the number of consolidation points (ie, switch, patch panel, etc), and the bend radius of the wire itself. For fiber, you have to consider the fragility of it, the costs (BIG ISSUE!), the additional equipment that you'll need (switches, consolidation points, etc) and the feasibility of it.
Other ways to do it is either:
1) Go with the copper to fiber converter and vice-versa.
2) Wireless LAN, get a wireless router and a repeater or 2 access points with antennas, or maybe even one AP will do it as long as you're antennas output is very good.
To give you an idea of how much fiber can cost you, just a fiber switch alone is probably going to cost you more than $1300.00 for something like a 24 port copper, 4 port fiber switch. Netgear has one like that, it's about $1400.00 street price, NETGEAR, NOT Cisco or other enterprise hardware. Duplex (don't forget that you need a PAIR of fiber for each connection, hence Duplex) fiber cables for about 500ft roughly costs around $300.00+ (that's bulk cabling meaning you'd have to terminate the ends yourself which is a PITA! just the tools alone costs several hundred and if you're unexperienced, you're wasting your money trying to do it yourself.) Also, you're going to bury the wire outdoors? That means you'll need armored fiber which... you get the idea... It all comes down to cost. Unless you run a data warehouse or something, fiber just isn't a logical step.
These are just my opinions. If I were you and had the money to burn, FIBER ALL THE WAY!!! But I'm just a huge 19 year old geek that likes to over do everything (look at my signature,  ).Hope this gave you some insight on what you're really getting yourself in to.
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It's not a question of need, it's a question of want.
[text was edited by author 2003-05-02 02:47:47] | |
 juiceleePremium
join:2000-12-04
Hacienda Heights, CA | You're assuming a complete fiber setup. He can still use transceivers to convert the fiber to copper inside each building. Once you go cat5e or cat5, everything is dirt cheap.
Ideally, wireless would be the quick and easy way to go, but even in the best conditions it doesn't even come close to the bandwidth of fast ethernet. And it's hard to predict how obstacles will affect your performance. I've got an AP setup in one corner of the house with a directional high gain antenna that supposedly covers a 90 degree arc. I'm lucky if I even get coverage over half the house, and sometimes a wireless connection from a study room computer only 40 feet away craps out.
When I have time, I'm just gonna wire my house with cat5e. Crimping rj45 jacks is actually pretty fun  | |
skylabpc
join:2002-03-31
La Canada Flintridge, CA
| said by juicelee:
When I have time, I'm just gonna wire my house with cat5e. Crimping rj45 jacks is actually pretty fun
If you run wire through the walls of your house, I hope to god you use wallplates and jacks, not just crimp RJ45 plugs on the end of the wire.
[text was edited by author 2003-05-02 13:44:02] | |
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