On 5/9/18 2:29 PM, Jeff DePolo wrote:
Herb: CAT5 is only rated to go 328 feet with gig Ethernet. A better
solution would be fiber with fiber to CAT5 at each end. No chance of
RF pickup either.
The other big problem with long runs of Ethernet is the increased likelihood
of equipment damage due to lightning or ground potential differences. Near
strikes can/will blow up the phy or magnetics on copper Ethernet interface,
and the longer the run, the more energy will be coupled from a strike, and
thus the more likely that there will be damage at either/both end. Mike's
right, fiber is the way to go in a situation like this, even if the maximum
distance limitation for copper wasn't an issue. Media converters to go
between copper and fiber are cheap these days, even for gigabit.
or a point to point RF link - there's a fair number of off the shelf
solutions for this, ranging from cheap WiFi access points that can do
bridging to purpose designed to do wireless remoting of Ethernet.
{or, you could use a broadband over power line modem pair <grin>}
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