[geeks] Whee! Lightning strikes, AGAIN!

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jul 29, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 04:10:26PM -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> I may chop the Cat5e in the attic and put a switch up there, but  
>> the heat
>> Is significant up there... I could run the wires into a closet on the
>> second floor and place a switch there, but ventilation could be a
>> problem...
>>
>> I have no idea about cost with Gigabit fiber, not sure I could run  
>> it for
>> under, say $400 (RJ45 on each end, maybe 200 foot run of fiber...
>
> I think you could probably do it for $400.
>
> It looks to me like you can grab media converters off ebay for about
> $100.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310124090006
>
> Alternatively, you could look for cheap switches with gbic ports.   
> My 8
> port (6 ports copper, 2 ports GBIC) was $70.
>
> Then, you just need to figure out where to get an appropriate cable  
> for
> under $200.  CablesToGo has SC/SC plenum rated 30M 62.5/125 multimode
> cable for $104.99.  LC/LC is $129.99.

Interesting... Thanks!

Lionel