[TriLUG] Medium distance Internet

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 3:16 PM Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Jul 2023, Dwain Sims via TriLUG wrote:
>
> > Pulling and burying a cable is not out of the question, but somewhat
> > labor intensive.
>
> you'll have a lot of problems with lightning induced spikes at each end of
> the line. Even electrostatic spikes on a clear day will require you to
> keep rebooting your waps.
>
> Joe
>
>
Pulling and burying Ethernet will give you serious problems with voltage
spikes too.  I lost several hundred dollars worth of equipment even with
grounded surge suppressors on both ends of the cable. One of the sure
suppressors *melted*.

The absolute best way is to direct-bury fiber optic cable.
https://www.discount-low-voltage.com/fiber-optics-connectivity/fiber-optic-cable/direct-burial#/sort:final_price:asc/filter:fiber_cable_type:Singlemode

Go ahead and do single mode.  You may be able to get cheaper cable on eBay,
but $1/ft isn't awful.

Then get 2 of these dmarc boxes for each end:
https://www.discount-low-voltage.com/dm000795

Luckily you know someone with a fiber splicer that will show you how to use
it and let you borrow it.

If you're not up for all of that, the Ubiquiti wireless bridges that others
posted are the way to go.