> Every time we get a heavy rain and my internet craps out in my office I > think that I should bury a cable run. To date I've been concerned about > lightning discharges, which can (I am told, maybe) be picked up by long > runs and cause problems. The best information I've been able to get is > that common commercial practice with a long run between buildings is > optical fiber, and optical to Ethernet transceivers are spendy.
optical transcievers aren't very expensive (< $100), and fiber cable was actually cheaper than copper for a while (not sure if it still is). and that is certainly the way to get long distance and rf/lightning immunity. you just need to be careful about how you get the cable run through a conduit, you can't pull on fiber like you can copper. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug