On 2006-05-22, Dave H. wrote:

"Chips" wrote...
Well, the time has finally come to shift most of the computers out into
the garage (apparently).
Having already got enough power out there I need to put in a fat data pipe
to connect the lot to the house switch - cat5e will do nicely because I
have lots. Wireless is an absolute worst case scenario both for speed and
price and we need to connect to the servers for data (video/music etc).

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How about a pair of fibre media convertors and a short run of multimode
fibre in the conduit with the power? Even figure-8 patch cord will do for
this short a distance.

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Whatever you end up doing (personally I'd go with an optical solution),
I would suggest you run some redundant circuits, either down the same conduit
or in a parallel channel. It's easier to do this now all in one go than to
have to start digging up the garden if you get a failure in the future.

Oh yes, don't forget to label the corresponding ends with a permanent
marker :-)

Pete
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