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can we extend our dsl and network to next door by connecting cat5 ethernet cable to laptop at house next door by using

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August 20, 2013 10:48:56 PM

We have dsl with att in our house. We own another house, literally next door, about 400ft away. We wanted to get another line in the end house, for high speed intent. At&t says they don't offer dsl at our other house, that the grid ends in the middle of the field and we can't get it at our property right next door .could we just take a cat 5 ethernet cable from one property and extend it to reach next door? Would that work? Other thsn our houses the next houses are a mile away.

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August 20, 2013 11:36:50 PM

You can do this but a cat5 cable can only reach 100m max. But you can use a repeater, swith or a hub to get more than 100m, because these devices will recreate the signal. But if you decide to run the cable outside watch out for rain.
August 21, 2013 1:31:09 PM

You could run cable that distance if you use a repeater or some other networking hardware that will repeat the signal (switch,hub, etc.) as another poster has said. The problem is you should protect that wiring somehow and probably are going to have to dig to give it proper protection. If you go that route install some conduit to make the run easier.

Is there a reason why you don't want to use wireless? There are options available for every budget. You can use a directional antenna with a SOHO router in wireless bridge or repeater mode. That would require very minimal installation, is cheap, and doesn't require a lot of mess that running cable can sometimes entail. On the upper end (depending on budget) you can install an airFiber link(http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber) or Cisco Aironet. You did not mention your budget but, I feel the last two would be overkill.

What I would personally do, on a small budget, for a DSL connection(relatively slow) would be to buy two good quality SOHO routers that run DD-WRT (http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/single-ban...) and attach a directional antenna to each of them(http://www.cantenna.com/). I have used a similar setup in the past to share an internet connection at about 300ft away. The connection was more than adequate to support file sharing, Voice IP (Vonage) and multiple computers web browsing on the network, at the same time, on the terminating end.
June 26, 2014 1:10:03 PM

Technically, it should work and you can get a super long cat5 cable up to 50ft/100ft: http://www.primecables.com/p-322413-cab-cat7-100bl-100f... but the signal is not gonna be as strong as the 5ft/10ft one, recommend you to get a cheap cat 5 cable to save more cost !!!

csection6 said:
We have dsl with att in our house. We own another house, literally next door, about 400ft away. We wanted to get another line in the end house, for high speed intent. At&t says they don't offer dsl at our other house, that the grid ends in the middle of the field and we can't get it at our property right next door .could we just take a cat 5 ethernet cable from one property and extend it to reach next door? Would that work? Other thsn our houses the next houses are a mile away.


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June 26, 2014 1:25:07 PM

Prime Sanctus said:
Technically, it should work and you can get a super long cat5 cable up to 50ft/100ft: http://www.primecables.com/p-322413-cab-cat7-100bl-100f... but the signal is not gonna be as strong as the 5ft/10ft one, recommend you to get a cheap cat 5 cable to save more cost !!!

csection6 said:
We have dsl with att in our house. We own another house, literally next door, about 400ft away. We wanted to get another line in the end house, for high speed intent. At&t says they don't offer dsl at our other house, that the grid ends in the middle of the field and we can't get it at our property right next door .could we just take a cat 5 ethernet cable from one property and extend it to reach next door? Would that work? Other thsn our houses the next houses are a mile away.




Watch the dates on the posts please. I normally just ignore these old ones but your information is not correct. The strength of the signal makes absolutely no difference. Etheret is done with voltage differentials and it will go 100m as stated in the second answer. It does not matter if the cable is 10ft or 100m it will still pass 1g/sec of data on a cat5e cable. It still does not solve the issue of he is over 100m and is partially answered by the other posts.

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