+olaggie01 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Howdy all. I recently moved to a new house in Georgetown with a detached house. The detached house is too far for my WiFi signal to reach but luckily the builder put in a conduit to run tv/phone/cable to the detached house. I work from home and need the internet in the detached house. I have run some Cat5 line through the conduit but now I need to attach it to the main house and the detached house, along with attaching the cat5 to my router. Anyone care to help me one day this week after work? Any help would be appreciated. I have some small frags and homebrew if you are interested (or cash). PM me for details. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 You know that they have directed antenna for wifi? It concentrates the signal and blasts it in the direction that you point the dish in. Much less work and digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Yeah, I've thought about that but the router is in my closet with 2 exterior walls to broadcast through. Also, the trench has been dug, and the conduit has been laid, and I've pulled some Cat5 already, so it is really just a matter of hooking it up. Plus, the Cat5 line was free and a directional antenna is $100 plus the adapter for my airport extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 What specific help are you looking for? Are you basically looking for assistance with crimping the ends of the cat 5 cable properly? Do you already have a hub/switch to plug the cable into in the house and already have the cable run to the proper spot on both ends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Hi Chris, I need 2 things basically. I need to crimp/splice the cables at the detached house and at the main house and to identify the line that runs from the satellite to the router. All the wires in the house terminate into my closet, therefore, I need to figure out which one runs to the outside (source). Both houses are wired, I just need to connect the 2. I have run the cat5 to the detached house as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfowler99 Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Ooh...identifying the line...there's the trick. Easy with the right tool, though. Wonder if anyone around here has one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 Yeah, I found one on Home Depot, but I don't want to drop $100 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonSequitur Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I have tone box/probe tool for tracing the wire, would be happy to lend it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 Great. I think that I may not need it but I'd like to try it just in case. All the wires terminate into my closet and all the outgoing wires are connected to a "ground block / distribution hub" I'm not sure if that is for phone or internet, but it would be worth a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Now you are are all wired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted August 12, 2010 Author Share Posted August 12, 2010 Thanks again Jake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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