My internet sucks at my house. We piggy back off my in-laws next door. Wireless works for the most part but generally unreliable. We have a repeater at our house that seems to work when it wants to. I would like to bury a cat5e(cat6e) cable to run to a wireless router at our house. The run would be about 175ft. What do I need to do to make this work.
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Either direct burial cat 5 cable OR a run of 1/2" or 3/4" PVC conduit.
If you plan on living there long term Id run the conduit. It's cheap and allows you to replace or add on later
If you plan on living there long term Id run the conduit. It's cheap and allows you to replace or add on later
zuke
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A cantenna might be a good option for you as well, Being directional you could point straight from your roof to theirs. but if you and the in-laws are going to be there a while, I agree with Ron, bury a conduit.
How to build a tin can waveguide antenna
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frankenyoter
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If you go w conduit, go ahead a drop a second run in. If something happens to the first one, you won't have to dig again.
zuke
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A waveguide type cantenna (Not a pringles cantenna, that's not a true waveguide) will give you better range than a flat directional like that. The best setup would be a cantenna at both ends pointed directly at each other if you can get a line of sight.
None the less, a cat 5 cable buried in a conduit would definitely be your best solution, and you can go up to 300ft with normal cat 5.
None the less, a cat 5 cable buried in a conduit would definitely be your best solution, and you can go up to 300ft with normal cat 5.