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cable question

  • 05-02-2011 12:29pm
    #1
    andyone
    Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭


    ok, was thinking of running an ethernet cable down to the far end of my house... i would need a 50m cable by the time i'm finished going up and down walls....not knowing a lot.... would the distance effect the strength of the broadband... i know you can get things that'll plug into a socket and run it over the electric cables.. but the cheaper option (and maybe better option) is what i was wondering about...
    thanks in advance
    andy


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  • #2
    swampgas
    Registered Users Posts: 3,535 ✭✭✭swampgas


    andyone wrote: »
    ok, was thinking of running an ethernet cable down to the far end of my house... i would need a 50m cable by the time i'm finished going up and down walls....not knowing a lot.... would the distance effect the strength of the broadband... i know you can get things that'll plug into a socket and run it over the electric cables.. but the cheaper option (and maybe better option) is what i was wondering about...
    thanks in advance
    andy

    Regular CAT 5e ethernet cable runs can be up to 100m, although 90m is often used as a practical upper limit to allow for additional short patch leads at either end.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable


  • #3
    pingpipe
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭pingpipe


    Have you considered a secure wireless router instead? That might be less expensive (and less hassle) than running all that wire.


  • #4
    andyone
    Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭andyone


    pingpipe wrote: »
    Have you considered a secure wireless router instead? That might be less expensive (and less hassle) than running all that wire.

    i have a secure wireless router. . but the signal won't reach the far end of my bungalow. . i had planned to run the cable down to another wireless router down that end so that the bedrooms could enjoy a wireless signal too. .

    can anyone tell me the difference in the cable that would say do an xbox connection and the shielded type that is way more expensive. .

    thank you so far
    Andy


  • #5
    yeppydeppy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭yeppydeppy


    You won't need shielded for a cable run in a house, that's only needed in industry situations to protect the cable physcially and from interference from other systems.


  • #6
    andyone
    Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭andyone


    yeppydeppy wrote: »
    You won't need shielded for a cable run in a house, that's only needed in industry situations to protect the cable physcially
    and from interference from other systems.

    happy days thank you. . just bought a 50m and a 30m of ebay 20 euro which includes postage and packaging. . I'll run the 50 where it needs to go and run the 30 into the other sitting room for when the wife throws
    me out of main room to watch corrie. .

    thanks again lads:D:D


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