Pushing 10baseT cable distance beyond 300ft

[Guest_imported]

I am looking at possibly running 4 runs of Cat5 to locations in our whse that are between 400 and 600ft in length back to our closet. I realize that typically anything over 300ft requires a repeater to maintain signal strength and comply with standards. Because of the conditions of the Whse I would rather not have any cabling or equipment(i.e. hubs ,repeater) exposed where it can be damaged. The cabling is being run to wireless access points(Cisco Aironet 350's) and I am only looking to maintain communication speeds of 5.5 to 11 mbps on these runs. Has anyone else in the forum had success at these lengths?

P.S.
1. I understand that when problems arise that my cabling will be suspect.
2. I will be running power through these lines also so I will not be able to run coax instead.

Thanks in advancce for your help.

 

[stug]

try running fiber instead with converters at each end

 

[Guest_imported]

At the cost of fiber plus converters, I would probably move back to a solution using a repeater. Not to mention I don't believe I can supply power to the access points with fiber. ,Fattie

 

[jimbopalmer]

The Aironet 350s I get have a sinlge line power over ethernet supply with them, you can add it at the Fiber converter, which will need a plug in anyway. I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[wires]

>I will be running power through these lines
>also so I will not be able to run coax instead.

You need to check for voltage drop. POE (power over ethernet) assumes a 300' maximum length, when you exceed that the voltage at the end of the run may not be high enough for the access point (Aironet).

I would go with fiber and run some 4 conductor (14/4 should do) cable for powering the fiber adapters (one pair) and the access points (the other pair). You might be able to power all the devices off the same pair with a larger power supply if they are the same voltage and do not require isolated power supplies. This is something you would want to test BEFORE installation!

It really is not any more difficult to have multiple wires in the same pull.