ethernet cable and diy advice

connoraglen

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ive built a man cave down my garden, and it's way outta range for my wifi. could i connect a ethernet cable from home and bury it all the way down to the mancave to another router (the shed is around 60m away) also could it be in the same trench as my power cable or will there be 2 much interference. i dont no what ethernet cable either. thanks
 
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Pretty much it will be that simple. Building codes have distance from power for safety reasons and those are much more than the distances required to prevent interference. The fear is if the electical cable somehow came in contact with wires in ethernet you could get power in the ethernet.

A few inches is all you need to prevent interference but many times the building code is as much as 18 inches.

What ethernet cable depends. You can buy direct bury cable that is designed for the purpose but it is lots more expensive. Your other option is to run some kind of conduit to keep the cable dry and protect it. You can use normal indoor cat5e cable in the conduit. Which is more expensive you would have to look at. If you are...

kanewolf

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Same trench is OK. Don't use the same conduit. Yes, I recommend using conduit so that you can pull additional low voltage cable later if needed. Using conduit will also prevent you from having to buy direct burial ethernet cable. I would recommend getting outdoor rated just to be sure you are UV protected.
Ethernet cable is good for 100m so your 60m distance won't be a problem.

Get a router that easily converts into a WIFI access point so that you can have direct access to the rest of your network. Asus routers have a one-button toggle for AP mode.
 
Pretty much it will be that simple. Building codes have distance from power for safety reasons and those are much more than the distances required to prevent interference. The fear is if the electical cable somehow came in contact with wires in ethernet you could get power in the ethernet.

A few inches is all you need to prevent interference but many times the building code is as much as 18 inches.

What ethernet cable depends. You can buy direct bury cable that is designed for the purpose but it is lots more expensive. Your other option is to run some kind of conduit to keep the cable dry and protect it. You can use normal indoor cat5e cable in the conduit. Which is more expensive you would have to look at. If you are willing to take the risk you can bury the direct bury cable like 1 inch and just take the chance nobody cuts it with a shovel.
 
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