I dont think shieided twisted pair is anymore waterproof than UTP, although it would last the water pretty good, the sunlight however will deteriorate the plastic pretty bad, aslo if there are squirrels or other small furry creatures... they will chew on it! (they like phonelines too...). The sheiding is nice if you have any EMF soucres (such as big electric motors). What would happen if you try the garden hose, and 6 mos later it fails? could you go out and run another hose/cat 5?
Jamie On Wednesday 21 August 2002 01:42 pm, Beaker wrote: : > > Use PVC and make sure you glue the joints well if you plan to run it : > > outside. Metal is ok too except it's harder to seal. : : After assessing the "lay of the land" I'm considering just suspending a : steel cable between the main building & the outbuilding that needs network : access, then wrapping the network cable around it (ie powerline-style). The : problem then becomes how to weatherize the network cable. I believe there : is such a thing as "shielded twisted pair", right? Would STP be : weatherproof? Alternately, I thought I might use a small diameter garden : hose as the weatherproof sheathing, but that wouldn't look so professional : ( : : : ~Beaker -- for setting/changing your eug-lug mailinglist subscription use this website: http://wWw.RockSolidNetworks.com/eug-lug.html no microsoft products were used to produce this message.
