Re: [Hampshire] Ethernet connection Unscreened

A quick update for those interested and many thanks for the informative
replies .

A test with one through housing connector, 1 metre of submarine cable
soldered to 15 metres of cat5 worked fine. 30 metres of Cat 5 didn't
which I bears out the advice that was given. I learned that ping returns
error codes that reflect the connection state.

Roger

Roger Munford wrote:
> I am working on a project that, at the last moment added an ethernet
> connection, between two water proofed housings about 1 meter apart.
> Within the boxes normal Cat 5 is used but through the housings and
> connecting the two is a rather chunky specialist submarine cable which
> has no shielding and no twisting of pairs. This setup scarcely works but
> it does work a bit. The housings have already been manufactured and the
> connection is a spare unused one which the designers thoughtfully added
> but not with ethernet in mind. Should this sort of degradation be
> expected? Any advice/comments would be gratefully received.
>
> Roger
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