[geeks] Cat 6a suggestions

[Lionel Peterson]

Understand.

FYI - Amazon has 200' SC/SC fiber for $77, gigabit duplex RJ-45 media
converters are $50/ea - you could run fiber 200 feet at gigabit speeds for
less than$1/ft.

Of course, if your switches have fiber uplinks you could save some money.

Lionel

> On Feb 10, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-geeks at chocolatine.org>
wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 12:16:39PM -0600, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>
>> Have you thought about sourcing fiber for a 200' run?
>
> I briefly considered it, but then figured it would be more cost/effort
> than it was worth.
>
>> I had a series of 'home run' cables in my previous home, and one
>> lightning strike in the back yard took out NICs all across house...
>
> Yikes, what bad luck!  About 20 years ago I experienced all NICs on a
> network getting blown out, one by one, due to an electrical issue.  So I
> know it can happen.  Still, I think 6a is the right trade-off in this
> situation.
>
> Nicolai
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