I have a 1.5 Mbps High-speed internet connection using Motorola Canopy technology installed in a building at the back of my property. It is connected directly to a single computer in that area. I would like to network this computer to 2 other machines located in my house which is around 400 feet from the primary computer. Is there some solution that will overcome the 300 ft. limitation of standard ethernet over this distance ? I would prefer something that is hard-wired, so as not to interfere with the Canopy solution. I considered daisy-chaining routers at the 200 ft. mark to extend the signal distance, but am too unfamiliar with the technology to know if this will work. It seems that Cisco LRE would work, but is an expensive solution for a home network. Thanks in advance for any suggestions/solutions.
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I would use powerline adapters. The old powerline stuff was lousy, but the new stuff is incredible. See the remarks here were it is used in roughly a similar setting as you are describing:
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Unless you are going to look at a repeater (which can be pricey), you are going to look at what I call the ghetto medias (powerlines, wireless, etc...).
Been my experience is that sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If your building has power issues (which you may not even be aware of, unless you monitor voltage over a period of days), powerline adapters may blow... Then again, they may work fine... Same with wireless, its a coin toss...
Personally, I wouldn't do it, I'd search out google or ebay for a low end repeater.
Matt J.
Been my experience is that sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If your building has power issues (which you may not even be aware of, unless you monitor voltage over a period of days), powerline adapters may blow... Then again, they may work fine... Same with wireless, its a coin toss...
Personally, I wouldn't do it, I'd search out google or ebay for a low end repeater.
Matt J.
Cisco LRE is a bit expensive; but if you mentioned it, then fibre can't be that bad of an option.
However, check out BlackBox then have tonnes of "things" that will push ethernet a little bit farther.
Mind you a couple of wireless nics ($100 each) and you could be set.
cheers,
help24ca
However, check out BlackBox then have tonnes of "things" that will push ethernet a little bit farther.
Mind you a couple of wireless nics ($100 each) and you could be set.
cheers,
help24ca
Fiber might be a good fit here. Especially if you have the potential for voltage spikes or ground loops in a copper run between your house and barn. I good installation will prevent any of that but you can pick up some switches with fiber uplinks pretty cheap on ebay these days...
We are tossing out our old 10mb hubs with 10FL uplinks because they were on ebay for $20 and it's not worth our time to deal with them for that....
We are tossing out our old 10mb hubs with 10FL uplinks because they were on ebay for $20 and it's not worth our time to deal with them for that....
You can purchase two powerline adapters on sale for less than $100, and have the flexibility of moving either end anywhere you want.
Read the hyperlink from my first post. Powerline gives a steady 14mbs, well above the 1.5 required here.
Read the hyperlink from my first post. Powerline gives a steady 14mbs, well above the 1.5 required here.
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