Wireless network - cable, shielding, AP

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Meekyman42

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Hi Folks,

I want to connect two separate buildings with internet. I live in a semi-urban area and after trying wireless extenders I have decided to go down the wired route. We have 802.11ac dual band BTomeHub4 modem/router in our house and want to use the internet in an outbuilding for light use - e-mail, adding to personal website etc. Not intensive use. The wiring will be external to the house and where I can't clip the wire to the house, it will be buried in hose-pipe in the garden.

Should I be using cat5e shielded? What about cat6 for "future-proofing" or better resistance to RF? I guess then I have to use RJ45 mounts and connections in the faceplates that are compatible. I will need approx. 50m wire. Can anyone recommend a good brand of cable?

In the outbuilding I'd like to use an access point which has multilple ports, so that I can connect a printer to it and have that networked too. So, I am looking at the Netgear N150. Any opinions on this hardware?

Cheers

Graham
 
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You only need shielded cable in a environment that you have a higher than normal interference. In many cases it is used in sensitive rooms where you are worried about the ethernet causing the interference rather than the other way around. It requires special RJ45 connectors that have grounding tabs...and you MUST have good grounds on both ends or it actually causes more issues than it solves. It is highly unlikely you would ever need it in a home environment.

If you are going to protect the cable then any cable will work. Many times people use direct bury outdoor cable but I run normal cable though that cheap irrigation drip tubing. It is a trade off based on how much the conduit will cost or the cable. If you are trying to...
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bill001g

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You only need shielded cable in a environment that you have a higher than normal interference. In many cases it is used in sensitive rooms where you are worried about the ethernet causing the interference rather than the other way around. It requires special RJ45 connectors that have grounding tabs...and you MUST have good grounds on both ends or it actually causes more issues than it solves. It is highly unlikely you would ever need it in a home environment.

If you are going to protect the cable then any cable will work. Many times people use direct bury outdoor cable but I run normal cable though that cheap irrigation drip tubing. It is a trade off based on how much the conduit will cost or the cable. If you are trying to protect it from being cut with a shovel or something then cheap water pipe used for sprinklers (it is thinner than normal water pipe) works well.

Buy whatever cable you can get the cheapest. Many times you can get cat6 for the same price as 5e. Both can run at 1g. You are not future proofing yourself at all by buying cat6. The future is already here, they jumped directly to 10g. This means you need cat6a or cat7 cable. Cat6 cable will only run 10g at short distance and there is not going to be any other speed like 4g or anything. Pretty much cat6 cable has been dead since they day it came out. The only reason to buy it is if it is cheaper than cat5e. If you are running it in conduit/hose then it should be pretty simple to run a new cat6a/7 cable if you ever get 10g equipment.

Any router/AP should give you want you need. If you like the netgear it will do the job.

.....a update the only cable to stay far away from is called CCA. This is copper clad aluminum it does not actually meet the standard for ethernet cables, you want solid copper even though it does cost more.
 
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