simple network hardware question

Gravdigr · 12-03-2011, 04:16 PM

BestBuy has 50' ethernet cables for under $6. Maybe $8, I cant recall. In colors.

mbpark · 12-03-2011, 06:34 PM

Get the box and run it under your trailer, and find a hole for it. I'd also seal up that hold where it goes in the box. Directron in TX has Gig-E switches for $25. I'd also look for some high-end cables (nothing Best Buy would carry) with a strong outer jacket so that it's harder for critters to chew into it (http://www.turck-usa.com/illustrations/B3026_J20.pdf).

Better yet, get a second router, run DD-WRT on it, and run it in the trailer so you don't have to have wires all over the place.

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12-03-2011, 06:34 PM	#2
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Grainger is your friend Get the box and run it under your trailer, and find a hole for it. I'd also seal up that hold where it goes in the box. Directron in TX has Gig-E switches for $25. I'd also look for some high-end cables (nothing Best Buy would carry) with a strong outer jacket so that it's harder for critters to chew into it (http://www.turck-usa.com/illustrations/B3026_J20.pdf). Better yet, get a second router, run DD-WRT on it, and run it in the trailer so you don't have to have wires all over the place.

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