After getting completely fed up with my wireless I ran a cat5e ethernet cable out a window and into my window. It just rained and the internet dropped. Maybe it was a coincidence. The cable is not touching the ground. Is this a no no?
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After getting completely fed up with my wireless I ran a cat5e ethernet cable out a window and into my window. It just rained and the internet dropped. Maybe it was a coincidence. The cable is not touching the ground. Is this a no no?
Well the cable should be water proof, but ensure water hasn't rundown the cable and into the device.
I think a few more experiments are needed before coming to a conclusion.
I just think that it's funny to imagine a cat 5 cable coming out of a window, running along the outside of a house, and going back into another window. haha
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I think a few more experiments are needed before coming to a conclusion.
I did have problems with rain and my sister's wireless Internet connection though, but running a wire (even a waterproof one) in an unsheltered area does make me feel nervous.
on rain/bad weather (it doesn't have to touch the ground) the cable gets electrostatic charge that can damage your hardware (nic switches routers etc). This can happen even if you use STP or FTP cable if they aren't grounded properly. So you should use a shielded cable or use a power surge protection (APC had something for this sort http://www.techexcess.net/images/pro...et1_medium.jpg)
hope i was on topic :)
thats pretty interesting, i havnt heared any problems like this before. Well I have seen in my company cables running across the building ans stuff and I belive they are all CAT5e. They tent to work fine.
Spank has solution for it as well
ssharish2005
Are they shielded? you can get CAT cabling that is shielded, rare but available.
over building and such i`ve used FTP cable that has one shield over all cables and the shield has a grounding connector that you can connect to the switch/router (only some have grounding capabilities). You must use RJ45 connectors that have grounding support.
The STP cable i believe that has a shielding foil over each pair of cables.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unshiel...able_Shielding
I also used normal UTP cable over buildings with no protection and from time to time during bad weather I got my nic/switch port toasted. It's not worth it!