[geeks] Whee! Lightning strikes, AGAIN!

[Joshua Boyd]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 04:10:26PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> I may chop the Cat5e in the attic and put a switch up there, but the heat 
> Is significant up there... I could run the wires into a closet on the 
> second floor and place a switch there, but ventilation could be a 
> problem...
>
> I have no idea about cost with Gigabit fiber, not sure I could run it for 
> under, say $400 (RJ45 on each end, maybe 200 foot run of fiber...

I think you could probably do it for $400.

It looks to me like you can grab media converters off ebay for about
$100.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310124090006

Alternatively, you could look for cheap switches with gbic ports.  My 8
port (6 ports copper, 2 ports GBIC) was $70.

Then, you just need to figure out where to get an appropriate cable for
under $200.  CablesToGo has SC/SC plenum rated 30M 62.5/125 multimode
cable for $104.99.  LC/LC is $129.99.