Wiring pole building for internet

[Linkon]

My shop currently has one CAT5 cable from an internet switch (which is hard wired to my router) in the house about 150ft away. I would like to split this in the barn and add 6-8 outlets I can plug a laptop or other device (security camera DVR, etc) and have internet service. Can I just plug another internet switch in out in the barn and use that as a splitter? Is there any kind of configuration that would need to be performed on any of the internet switches or router?

Would something like this work?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A121WN6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I have no idea what all this nonesense means - "10/100/1000Mbps, IEEE 802.1p QoS". How do I spec this out?

 

[cdaiscool]

That does look like it'll work.

The distance limitations of CAT5e cabling is 100m, or 300 feet. Any further and you'll need a repeater, a switch like this. Plug one end into the live feed, use the rest of the ports for what you have there.

Alternatively, you can get like a Linksys WRT54G, turn off the DHCP stuff, and plug your feed into the 'Internet' side of it, and your new ports into the 4 user ports.

Will your security cameras etc run off PoE (Power over Ethernet)? If so, I would make sure whatever switch you buy can do PoE. At my work, we use EX-2200-C switches which work real nice, but need to be configured. I can code something up for you that can go on it.

 

[pattenp]

How about using a wireless access point in the shop. Something like this... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HHRP11C/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[GonzoCSU]

Yes the TP-Link switch you linked to would work just fine. I was going to tell you to make sure to plug your Ethernet cord into the "daisy chain" or "uplink" port of the switch but when I looked at that switch again it does auto MDI/MDIX so you can plug the cord into any port and it will automatically configure that port.

I would not use a router like the Linksys WRT54G suggested above simply for the fact that you have to go in and configure everything to make it act as a bridge which can get kind of tricky on some of those. They are meant to be easy to set up out of the box as a router and so you can easily end up with a double NAT on your network and IP conflicts. You also get less ports than you do on switches that are cheaper.

If you have a lot of cameras that use PoE (power over Ethernet) then yes I would look into a switch that has PoE integrated. If you are only going to have one, maybe two devices then you can pick up a power injector pretty cheap.

 

[Beemer533]

If you are going to use POE IP cameras at some point I would go with something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BP0SSAS/?tag=atomicindus08-20

It has 4 POE ports to power cameras and 4 non POE ports for everything else.

If you want to worry about the POE stuff later, the switch you linked to is perfectly fine for what you need.

Most of the features (QoS, etc) it lists aren't going to be something you need to worry about.

Gigabit is the port speed (1000MB vs 100MB) but that probably won't make much real world difference in your network..

 

[Linkon]

Thanks everyone. I dont understand half the stuff everyone in here said but it sounds like that thing from Amazon will work.

 

[cdaiscool]

Thanks everyone. I dont understand half the stuff everyone in here said but it sounds like that thing from Amazon will work.

Always happy to help.