Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-18 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Not to kill the conversation but the decision was made to go with some Cisco gear in a quality outdoor enclosure. Specifically these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124154 The thinking is that if one goes out, it's easy & cheap enough to get spares (technically these are hi

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-18 Thread Troy Bowman
I second the RouterBoard suggestion. Mikrotik's RouterBoardline has lots of economical and intelligent solutions, and their RouterOS is Linux at its core, so it has all of the networking features Linux has in an easy to configure, extremely economical package. The suggest

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-18 Thread Corey Edwards
On 03/18/2013 01:14 PM, Lonnie Olson wrote: > From what it sounds like, he just needs small switches. Managed > switches w/ VLANs might be nice to segregate each house. Though the > router boards Corey suggested sound really good. That's a good thought, too. You could pick up a solid IP67 switch

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-18 Thread Lonnie Olson
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: >> The budget for the hardware needs to stay below $10kUSD. >> >> Any suggestions? > > Cisco's out... Just one Layer 3 core router would run you about that much! LOL, I know it's funny to pick on Cisco for being expensive, but some people mi

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-18 Thread Corey Edwards
On 03/15/2013 10:30 PM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 03/15/2013 10:11 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: >> The question then is what is a good router/switch (up to a max of 8 >> ports needed), to put in these outdoor enclosure boxes. >> The environment is coastal and there is a LOT of rain, but no other >> w

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-16 Thread Steve Alligood
I would suggest relatively cheap normal managed switches with a good weatherproof enclosure. It will cost a lot less in the long run, and keep later upgrade costs much lower. -Steve On Mar 15, 2013, at 10:11 PM, "S. Dale Morrey" wrote: > The question then is what is a good router/switch (up t

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-15 Thread Michael Torrie
On Mar 15, 2013 11:04 PM, "S. Dale Morrey" wrote: > > >> Oh by the way, I mentioned fiber to the curb for the next phase of > >> development and they are all for it. > > > > Good to hear it. In North America, I doubt code would even let you bury > > cat-5 between structures. It's a potential fir

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-15 Thread S. Dale Morrey
>> Oh by the way, I mentioned fiber to the curb for the next phase of >> development and they are all for it. > > Good to hear it. In North America, I doubt code would even let you bury > cat-5 between structures. It's a potential fire hazard during > electrical storms. They don't really get tho

Re: Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-15 Thread Michael Torrie
On 03/15/2013 10:11 PM, S. Dale Morrey wrote: > The question then is what is a good router/switch (up to a max of 8 > ports needed), to put in these outdoor enclosure boxes. > The environment is coastal and there is a LOT of rain, but no other > weather to speak of and the temperature is warm but n

Back to the subject of Cat5e?

2013-03-15 Thread S. Dale Morrey
Alright so a decision has been made on that long run of cat 5. The main run of cable is down what we are calling "center street". Which runs east and west. Each side of each block has between 2 and 6 lots. There are 4 streets with 4 corners each for a total of 16 corners At each corner we will be