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nic.wise

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#154870 11-Nov-2014 10:02
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Hi

We are building a small (<10sqm) office in the garden. It'll have power (underground) and network to connect it back to the house (where the VDSL is). It's about 30m from the edge of the house to the edge of the office, and we are going to have to bury the power line - and the network I guess.

I was thinking about the ways to wire it up.

Ethernet - CAT6? 7? - seams like the obvious one, but the cable would need to be laid WITH the power cable (which is basically a long extension cable with some outdoor ruggedness added, and inside a conduit). But... ethernet and power don't mix well, not when they are run next to each other, right? Would shielded ethernet fix this? 

The other idea I had was to run fiber in the trench, and put a converter on each end. All the converters I can find are only 100Mbps, tho, and I'd prefer Gigabit as thats what the rest of the house uses. Is this normal, or did I miss something in my google search?

Putting two tubes in the trench is a possibility, but I'd prefer to just put one in. 

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Nic






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OK, so running power and ethernet in the same bit of pipe is a no-no (compliance)

Whats the story with the 40cm distance between them? Is that for interference? or safety?

I'd be fine with running two separate conduits, in the same trench, one with power and one with CAT6 or 7 STP (not UTP).

Otherwise, it's one pipe and some fiber. It IS overkill, but we plan to be in this house with this office for a long, long time, so I want to do it right, once. (or once every 10 years :) )

Thanks everyone!

(oh, and I thought about WIFI, too, but it's too slow, even using dedicated AC gear. IMO anyway. I have a load of trees in between, so only kind of line of sight. Maybe a proper antenna would fix it :))




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