[ale] OT: Ethernet over cat-3?

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Tue Aug 9 07:29:39 EDT 2005


John Wells wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 13:04 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
>>Bear in mind you can get Cat5e flat cable for running under carpet now.
>>I don't recall where I saw it now that I've opened my mouth...
> 
> 
> Heh...hardwoods :(
> 
> Turns out I need to retain the phone line anyway, so I'll likely have to
> drop.  It should be fun...it can't go up because of a flat roof above
> and the switch is above the most remote and cramped part of the crawl
> space...couldn't be in a worse spot.  And the switch can't be moved.
> Here goes some fun.

You might consider purchasing some outdoor grade cable and run the cable 
outside.  Along the eaves or such.  You can obscure it pretty well and 
paint it.

Just a thought.  Think outside the box, er house. :)

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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