260ft cat5e cable, stranded or solid?

[boulder38]

Hi,

I'm setting up a network and need to run a cable on the outside of a building to the estimated measurement of about 260ft.

Would stranded or solid cable be better for doing this job?

Is there any recommendations by anybody to doing this??


Thanks, Luke

 

[ISDNman]

Solid. Stranded is for PATCH CABLES only!

You should use a cable rated for outdoor use. Look at a good vendor's web site - for example L-Com:

http://www.l-com.com

You will need protection where it enters the building.

Best of luck.

 

[boulder38]

thank you,


will the length of cable be an issue??





thanks, Luke

 

[ISDNman]

I am assuming Ethernet. You are permitted 100 meters, so you should be ok, with comfortable room for patch cables at either end to connect to the equipment (you will want to terminate both ends of this cable in jacks, not simply crimp RJ plugs on the end of it).

Best of luck.

 

[boulder38]

One end of this cable shall be going straight into the router and one end shall be going into a single point wall socket. Is it better to have wall sockets at both ends???


thanks, Luke

 

[ISDNman]

Yes, this is the preferred practice.

The plugs take a lot of where and tear, better to use a patch cable that can be esily swapped for troubleshooting purposes.

Best of luck.

 

[skip555]

if your running outside of the building you really ought to use fiber . then distance dosnt come into play and you protect your network from stray voltage .

 

[AvayaNovice]

That depends. If you're running in conduit, and it's attached to the outside of the building, and you're not jumping from building to building (ie. the conduit run is retrofit on the outside) then fiber would be a little much. I agree that it would be a more robust solution; however, economically speaking -- Category 5e cabling should be sufficient.

As far as termination is concerned, yes -- always terminate to either a patch panel or wall plate. This is considered a horizontal cable, thus sufficient termination on either end and non-stranted cabling are what the doctor ordered.

 

[boulder38]

thanks,

should i use solid cable or stranded cable for patch cables


Luke

 

[AvayaNovice]

All patch cables should be stranded. They move a lot more, and have a tigher bend radius than solid cable. I'd reccomend using pre-made patch cables to eliminate any chance of technician error while making them. Try to avoid patch cables with a "boot" as they are difficult to remove from patch panels. Allentel, a product of gray bar, makes fantastic patch cables that have a clip style boot, which is much easier to use than the rubber boot that some manufacturers implement.

You may want to follow a color scheme when using your patch cables. For instance, and I know there's a standard on this -- but I cannot recall what it is, on most installations, we tend to do data in red, routers in green, voice in yellow, and fax/analog in purple.

 

[boulder38]

ok brill


Thats all i need to know guys, thanks for your help



I'll let you know how i get on.




thanks again, Luke