babber

Does anyone know where I can buy a CAT5 patch panel from please ? Looked at Maplins and they don't sell any One that fits in a 19 inch rack would be good ?? I need to provide flexabilty on a small LAN I'm building for someone.

Oh and if some knows where I can get CAT5 plus to PS2 plug adaptors from. For the same project

One other thing, if I get BT to provide a copper only connection between two points (about 1/2 mile apart) will a LAN extender do this, and where can I get that from ?

Thanks Phill

lightning101

Try B&Q warehouse - not joking. Also sell some of the cheapest reels of cat 5 and connectors.

darlodge

http://www.videkonline.co.uk/home.asp? I bought bits from them in the past.

Electrical trade supplies also sell all the bits you need. Where are you based?

Darren

babber

I'm based in Bristol, but this equipment will be used in a Golf Simulator outside Conwy Bay north Wales.

I'm surprised B and Q sell Cat5 cables

Phill

ChrisB

B&Q Warehouses are great.

USB cables, loads of CAT5 stuff and basic networking kit. All of it cheaper than PC World.

ozzy

Don't quite understand that bit. What copper-only connections and what LAN extender? Cisco?

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ScoobyRuss

Videkonline are very good we use them for are networking and cable supplies for work. We get very good service from them.

Nick

Links between buildings should be in fibre.

class_A

Why do you need fibre?

If you can get BT to provide a "dry pair" between two locations, you could run DSL over it. You can't run Ethernet as the cable wouldn't be up to spec.

http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/DryCopper

ChrisB

Indeed, get a decent pair of baseband "modems" on an EPS 8 or EPS9 link and you can get some very good speeds. As it's an analogue link though, BT won't provide any guarantees of bandwidth.

EPS circuits are cheap as chips too.

BT also do a LENS - LAN Extension Service but EPS will be cheaper.

ozzy

Ah, that explains the bit I couldn't understand - the dry copper lines.

Baseband Standard EPS8 & Baseband Premier EPS9 MUST be in the same Exchange, so that shouldn't be a problem with your setup only being 1/2-mile apart.

I've used other types of private circuits and I think EPS ones will have the charging principles - connection fee + annual lease.

Stefan

ozzy

Found some details on the BT website for you.

I've used private circuits in the past for POS and Unix apps, even using old Multiplexors to send sessions across baseband 115Kb circuits.

Never tried it with DSL, but the theory looks just the same.

Stefan

babber

I have found the patch panels and RJ45 adaptors on the Videkonline website. Looked at some other prices and have saved quite a few quid, as they are cheaper than Maplins.

I don't want to go to the expense of using fibre, and it's too complex to get set up. I know standard twisted copper pairs are capable of transmitting high speed data. I had a 2 Mb link a few years ago, connecting me directly to work onto our corporate LAN, over 4 copper wires. I think a bridge was used and it was very fast. This was on the Telewest network. I would have thought I could do this with some kind of bridge, a LAN extender and a direct copper connection ?

What I need to use this link for, is the owner of the complex wants to be connected to his server and the internet, so I thought this might be the best solution ??

Thanks Phill

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