[Shop-talk] direct burial Cat 5

Jeff Scarbrough fishplate at gmail.com
Tue Nov 18 05:35:08 MST 2014


On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Mark Miller <markmiller at threeboysfarm.com>
wrote:

> This sounds like a great fit for powerline Ethernet.  Much easier (and
> probably not very different in price once you deal with the wire, various
> jacks and connections, etc.) and less dirt under your fingernails.


This can be a good solution, but if your shop is like mine, fed from a
different transformer, this probably won't work.

As for the OP, perhaps a better antenna connected to the WiFi receiver
would help?  Or an extension cord for the existing antenna, so it can be
put outside the window?

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.


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