On 29/11/2020 13:04, Farmer Giles wrote:
I have an outside workshop/office that I ran some cat5 cable to some
years ago. This link is now playing up a bit - intermittent - and I have
been looking at replacing the cable, which I know has become a bit
fragile in places - a bit of a tedious job.

I understand that such a link can be achieved with suitable adaptors
through the ring main. Has anyone here done this who can offer
advice/guidance as the best and most economical way to go about it?

If its an outside workshop/office I would expect it to be on a separate
ring and with a separate RCBO. Now I have tried a couple of models and
find they are OK when you are on the same ring, but as soon as you put
them on separate rings odd things seem to happen.

Some times they don't work flat out. Sometimes they drop. I think a new
bit of CAT5 or if its in WiFi range you might try a WiFi range extender
with access point..

Dave
G4UGM