If there's a switch, it's in your firewall/router. Many don't support this, and a "cheat" is to connect through a 10baseT (not 10/100, just 10) hub (just use a short patch cable to connect it to either your router or your squeezebox. When network gear gets connected, it checks with the gear at the other end and will not run any faster than that remote gear. Meanwhile, the remote gear is doing the same thing (this is called "negotiation" or "auto-negotiation"). This may work - I've done it with long-ish runs (about the same as yours) - but 10baseT has the same length limitation as 100Tx. I suspect that half duplex might work for you (the parties at either end take turns talking - like CB radio), but these days, a router you can force into half duplex will likely be quite expensive.
Yes, you can run power over your ethernet cable. It's called "power over ethernet" (or "PoE"). Do you have a dry place for that intermediate switch to go? There are weatherproof ones, but then you're getting into industrial gear (and industrial prices). -- bobkoure ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79140 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
