CAT 6 to Garden office

sdfuk · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:29

Hi

I'm getting an office built in the garden and want to run CAT 6 out there to connect to a PC and TV.

Is it best to run one cable to the office to a switch box and then 2 cables from the box to the TV and PC.

Cheers
S

MonsterMoshi · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:42

You'll get better throughput if you put in a couple of runs of CAT6, it's probably cheaper than getting another switch plus you have a little redundancy in case anything ever happens to one of the cables

If I were you just go for a couple of runs maybe even up to four as spares for the future but it depends on the distance and cost I guess

sdfuk · 1 Sep 2016 at 23:47

Hi, thanks. I was think of that but then realised that my router only have one more available LAN socket free. So would I then connect my router to a 5 port switch box. Then have all the cat cables running from the switch box in the house to the office.

Good idea to have a few spares too.

Cheers
S

Twirlywoos · 2 Sep 2016 at 00:33

Stick an access point in there too, might as well have wifi in the garage

ov_sjo · 2 Sep 2016 at 06:42

Always run more than one cable.

Steveocee · 2 Sep 2016 at 07:05

If you need 1 cable, run 2.
If you need 2 cables, run 4.

A switch at your router end is probably the best way of going but there would be nothing wrong in having a switch in your garden office either. It's a pain when a cable stops working and you end up digging half your garden to get another in.

Glanza · 2 Sep 2016 at 08:59

I'd be tempted to run a fibre link instead with how cheap it is to buy these days, but you'd have to buy switches that take the modules.

ov_sjo · 2 Sep 2016 at 09:09

Glanza said:
I'd be tempted to run a fibre link instead with how cheap it is to buy these days, but you'd have to buy switches that take the modules.

For what purpose?

bledd · 2 Sep 2016 at 09:12

Use 25mm round conduit and bury it.

You can fit 4x external cat5e into a 20mm tube, but it's quite snug. 4x cat6 should have plenty of room in a 25mm tube.

ov_sjo · 2 Sep 2016 at 09:18

I'd personally run outdoor grade CAT5e/6 (depending on distance) and use armoured conduit.

faxfan · 2 Sep 2016 at 10:10

I'd dig a 6ft trench with a titanium armoured conduit then filled with concrete. Actually I'd probably just nail to the fence...

bscott · 2 Sep 2016 at 10:14

ov_sjo said:
For what purpose?

Lightning?

ov_sjo · 2 Sep 2016 at 10:35

bscott said:
Lightning?

Seems reasonable

bremen1874 · 2 Sep 2016 at 13:55

How far is this connection, and over what sort of ground?

On Holiday · 2 Sep 2016 at 14:00

How are you getting power to it? I'd run it alongside that.