On Sun, 03 Jun 2018 12:09:54 -0400, J. Clarke
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jun 2018 09:35:23 -0600, Idlehands
wrote:

On 2018-06-03 12:11 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:34:23 -0700, OFWW
wrote:

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There is that option, as well as WIFI with the right antennae's.

Wifi _is_ microwave. It runs 2.5 or 5 GHz, both of which are solidly
in the microwave range.

We
have installed systems at low cost that were acceptable over several
miles.

A wired system might need a signal booster/repeater depending on the
total conduit feet run. I'd be tempted to run an above ground test
setup with a computer at the other end plugged into the power supply
in that bldg and run a speed test via software and see if there are
little to no problems.

Signal booster? Repeater? You really are out of touch. Twisted pair
ethernet is rated for 100 meters with timing being the limiting
factor. You can't extend it with a signal booster or repeater. The
correct means of extending the range is to use a switch and another
100 meter run (hubs don't exist for anything above 10baseT--100baseTX
and gigabit are always switched). If you need an uninterrupted run
longer than 100 meters you need to go to fiber for that run. However
running from a house to a garage should not be 100 meters unless it's
a very large property.

I might have problems with being a bit overcautious here.

There are a number of extenders on the market that extend Cat6 POE over
long distances and I have used a number of them successfully.

http://www.veracityglobal.com/produc...e-devices.aspx

https://ethernetextender.com/cat6-repeater/

That's POWER OVER ETHERNET. And those extenders use a switch to
extend the span of the Ethernet. They don't "boost the signal", they
take packets in, adjust the address for the new segment, and send
packets out.

Looking further, some of them package the Ethernet packets in some
other signalling to get extended range, and if you look at the specs,
they kill the crap out of performance.

I didn't say that it wasn't possible to make some kind of device that
is not an Ethernet device that can transport Ethernet packets. If you
are willing to accept latency and low bandwidth you can carry Ethernet
packets on a piece of paper in your pocket. But doing so is not
compliant with any of the Ethernet standards so it is not Ethernet.

Further, ALL of the things you point to create a new segment.

You really should learn how things work before you start trying to
prove that somebody is wrong.