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Another week and the shower should be done. Solar should start in the next couple of weeks. Kitchen probably will be January.

 

PM me your info, ‘‘tis the season.

 

Life is good now. Sriracha is back on the shelves!

 

Any Ethernet experts here? I need some advice on what cable to run.
I’ll be working from home soon and I need to run a cable 90 feet or so from my router to the bedroom that I’ll be using for a work area. Part of the run is outdoors, as I have an old house and no way to get to the room all inside. About 25 feet will be exposed to get from the basement to the eaves on our third floor. What cable should I be looking for?

 

I’ve had my Entune reboot while driving several times on my ‘16. I’ve just gotten used to it happening about every 3-4 months.

 

@Icarus II
You’ll want an exterior rated CAT 6. The exterior rating will give you waterproof and UV resistant cable. Generally you have to go to an electrical shop to get that, Although they do sell it online several places, I think even Amazon.
Alternatively, if you want to throw up some conduit from the basement to the eaves you can use a standard CAT 6.

 

Last night was pizza night and when I opened the box the slices were all unevenly cut, some really wide pieces and some really skinny ones. I started to say "who cut the pizza all uneven!!"(in an annoyed tone of voice). But I only got as far as "Who cut the!!" and my wife chimed in before I finished saying "I'm sorry, I've been really gassy lately"

 

Hmmm ... there's a mod for that. \/\/\/\/

 

Thanks.There is no route upstairs that isn’t in a conduit with 5 or 6 120 volt lines. The house is 115 years old with plaster and lathe.

 

Aftermarket deck?

 

invest in a good wireless router. Don't hardwire.

 

I don't recall what he did after ramming his fist into the screen ... he used it with the smashed screen for a while.

 

And wallpaper….. grew up in a house built in 1904. That house fortunately had old ductwork and an old laundry shoot where wires and such could be run to upper floors.

 

Suggestions?

 

Run a good wireless router mesh setup. Cheaper, not subject to exterior penetrations, and just as fast and reliable. I just put in a TPLINK DECO 6E 3AP mesh for under $500. I'm covering 3K square feet, and I can go down the street to the next court and still get excellent wifi. I run my wireless cameras around my property with no issues streaming 4K.

 

Cisco. Price range is $200 and up. Worth the price IMHO

 

Yes, people worry about others stealing thier wifi, but a good password is all you need and you can hide the SSID so no one can see it.

My neighbors kid was trying to break into my wifi, he was stupid like that, and I renamed it FBI van. He was dumb enough to come outside and walk around the block looking for it.

 

2 issues I’ve found in older buildings
1. Wireless signals get sucked down. Not sure what exactly causes it, but I’ve had wireless signals in an old buildings get dropped within 50’ of a good wireless router (Ruckus).
2. Price. Here’s 100’ of CAT 6 rated for external use at Amazon …$24

$30 GearIT Cat6 Outdoor Ethernet Cable (100 Feet) CCA Copper Clad, Waterproof, Direct Burial, In-Ground, UV Jacket, POE, Network, Internet, Cat 6, Cat6 Cable - 100ft, Personal Computer

https://www.amazon.com/GearIT-Outdoor-Ethernet-Copper-Direct/dp/B08P2SW48K?hvadid=507477922458&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4692548225769344349&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002481&hvtargid=pla-1262681035572

 

In case there's any confusion, I do not like cold weather

 

I remember that but, thanks for clarification