Recent content by surroundedmoon

Is it possible for someone to link me to a post showing someone placing their cables behind their vinyl siding? I wanted to see if they just threw it behind there, or put a clip every feet or something. I tried to search the forums but didn't come up with much. Sorry for being such an inconvenience!

Are RJ-45 connectors all generic? For instance, cat-5e and cat6 are the same right?

Ah ok, I think I see. I was not sure if that was a fire hazard or not. I have not seen what others have done, I will see if I can find some examples. Would this cablebe better than the one I have for mounting them outside the vinyl? Also, if I run the cables outside, do I need to ground them?

Oh hmm, would that require me to remove the siding? Sorry I am new to all of this. (also new to owning a home)

Yes I bought little hooks so I can hang them on the vinyl siding, is that what you mean? That would still expose them. Or do you mean put them behind the siding, or on the bottom?

Yes I meant both rain and sun, as I will be attaching the cables to my home siding, and then running them into the same hole that my router wire uses. For me personally it was most important, that there was no chance of electrical fire or anything like that, and that it did not interfere with my...

Thanks for the replies! Isn't the cable you linked similar to mine? They are both UTP CMR rated. My cables being run will be exposed to both and sun, so I need something that withstand that, which I thought my cable could, but apparently not.

I am new to the whole ip camera scene, and am trying to route a few cameras (3-4) around my home, and I just recently purchased a bulk amount of CAT5e cable. I found it very hard to find a cable that was both white/gray, outdoor rated, and had shielding plus pure copper, and also didn't cost me...