Cat 6 Cable

[tez929rr]

I thought I had already posted this but can’t find it. I have fiber feed to the house. About ten years ago I ran a Cat 6 cable (250 feet) to one furnished out building (red steel). It’s been fine and I posted speed test results below. I’d like to run another Cat 6 cable to the other building, and given the route I’ll have to take it will be another 250 foot buried cable. I’ll mostly use it to look up stuff when working on vehicles (as opposed to streaming TV, etc). Will I get satisfactory results with a combined 500 foot run?

 

[kj_mustang]

Assuming you have a wireless router at the end of the first cat 6 run to the building, than yes you could run another 250' from the router to the other building

 

[tez929rr]

Assuming you have a wireless router at the end of the first cat 6 run to the building, than yes you could run another 250' from the router to the other building

Yes, that’s the setup. And thanks.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Assuming you have a wireless router at the end of the first cat 6 run to the building, than yes you could run another 250' from the router to the other building

More specifically, the one from the house goes IN TO the router. The other comes OUT OF the router.

 

[OldDoItAll]

More specifically, the one from the house goes IN TO the router. The other comes OUT OF the router.

Not correct. All CAT ports are bi-directional, both IN and OUT. A CAT port programmed to be only IN or OUT would be almost useless.

 

[cgrutt]

Not correct. All CAT ports are bi-directional, both IN and OUT. A CAT port programmed to be only IN or OUT would be almost useless.

Assuming he meant internet source from house connected to WAN port and the additional wire to outbuilding connected to one of the router's LAN ports.

 

[OldDoItAll]

Splitting hairs here I know but the WAN port on a secondary router is not truly a WAN port. It should be configured to communicate only with the LAN and should not try to communicate directly with the WAN.
The simplest way to set this up would be to use switches instead of routers at the remote sites connected to the router that actually connects to the WAN. Routers at the remote sites adds expense and possible configuration issues. Wireless access points can be connected to the switches if wireless is desired at the remote sites.
The functionality of a router is usually not needed or desired at the type of remote site that the OP describes.

 

[cgrutt]

Splitting hairs here I know but the WAN port on a secondary router is not truly a WAN port. It should be configured to communicate only with the LAN and should not try to communicate directly with the WAN.
The simplest way to set this up would be to use switches instead of routers at the remote sites connected to the router that actually connects to the WAN. Routers at the remote sites adds expense and possible configuration issues. Wireless access points can be connected to the switches if wireless is desired at the remote sites.
The functionality of a router is usually not needed or desired at the type of remote site that the OP describes.

As luck would have it Im waiting for a box of Ubiquity wireless access points to show up at a buddy's house so I can pick them up and bring them down to his shore house where we will be doing some work. We'll be installing the access points throughout various buildings on another property in PA next week. Similar situation to OPs. We currently have switches installed in the outbuildings exactly as you recommended.

 

[OldDoItAll]

Using multiple routers in Plug-n-Play mode on a LAN will often result in a "fight" between them over "who's the boss" and can consume lots of bandwidth and resources. If router-like routing is needed at a remote site you can use a layer 3 switch.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Not correct. All CAT ports are bi-directional, both IN and OUT. A CAT port programmed to be only IN or OUT would be almost useless.

You are correct ! I was using the terms "IN" and "OUT" figuratively !

I should have said "coming from the house" and "going to the other building".

Segue - I have been installing computer networks/Ethernet since the 10Base5 (big orange/yellow cable with "vampire taps") and AUI cables !