Recent content by user2600844

Holbs, Like you Im spoiled at work also, being a comm technician for over 20 years in Las Vegas, NV. at work we use the Anritsu MT1000 tester, and smaller testers such as Fluke, AFL noyes testers, ect... But The simple testers are an quick easy way to test your cable.

Being a communications tech, installing fiber, copper, and wireless networks, the cheapest route if not wifi, would be running burial CAT6 cable. With only 150 feet, you should be good. Also look at direct wifi antenna's on Amazon. Even with all the vegetation you have in the way as shown on...

Look at your pins on your tester where your CAT plug goes into. If the pins are bent, broke, or not making contact with CAT plug pins it will show open. A good priced simple tester I found on Amazon, which comes with a tone tracer probe, and measures POE is : Amazon.com: Network Cable Tester...

1- Lighting rods , 2- Surge Protection , 3- Fiber Optic

I have ran CAT 6 cables with 480V A/C, to use with Bosch POE HD PTZ cameras, with no problems , but the CAT6 cable was tray rated, and heavily shielded. You would need some good shielded cable, along with the shielded drain wire to be terminated with a proper shield connector on 1 end, to remove...

I do fiber, why do you want to use fiber on such short runs? CAT6 wiring is specd out for up to 100 meters (328 feet) at a gig. Also wireless would work good on short runs, all this would probably be less hassle than fiber at 300 feet. OM1 would work ok. Also ethernet to fiber converters are a...