Type of Ethernet cable and outside help

raptormonkey · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:25

My mate has a make-shift recording studio in his garden with a pc in it. It is soundproofed and he can't get a wireless signal for the internet in there.

Now, he wants to run a cable, approx 30m long from the studio, through the garden, through conservatory and into the house where the router is.

What type of Ethernet cable is best?
Is it ok for burying it in the garden or outside with all weathers? If not, what would you suggets?

Any advice would be very helpful indeed. Ta

raptormonkey · 15 Sep 2009 at 15:44

Twisted pair? Cat5e or Cat6?

I would put the cable into some garden hose under the soil. Would that be ok?

raptormonkey · 15 Sep 2009 at 16:13

Ok, so Cat5e then. Twisted or not? It would fit in a garden hose you think?

Then just plug one end into the router, route cable and plug the other to the PC in the studio in the garden? (drilling wall and making good etc.)

raptormonkey · 15 Sep 2009 at 21:30

What if you have not got a compressor?

raptormonkey · 16 Sep 2009 at 06:53

mejinks said:
What a fantastic idea. I might do that myself when I wire up my shed.

Anyway. The only other way to do it is through some kind of shielded conduit like metal pipe, but this will be a bit more expensive than garden hose. The downside of garden hose is that it will act as a giant ariel so he might get packet loss. YMMV.

Even if it is 100% plastic?