So buy the bigger drum.

100m of fibre seems to be around the £100 mark, plus converters at £40 each. Blown fibre would be cheaper, but needs a lot more tools

Hi again

I didn't mean to start an argument when I mentioned electrics - all I meant was that the office is on a different meter to the house, other sites I read mentioned there was a way of doing what I need if the house & office were on the same system. My ignorance meant I used the wrong terminology, and I probably got the wrong end of the stick anyway. Be gentle with me - I can turn the computer on but that is about as far as I get normally!

Anyway, am still thinking/digesting what has been said above and I appreciate the input from everyone. The pipe work is already in place (was put in place a few years ago when the original conversion was done) but having chatted to my boss this morning (it is actually his property we are talking about) he now thinks that it might not be best to use that pipe (it was his suggestion in the first place). So...

As the house and office are not too far apart as the crow flies (30metres off the top of my head) with a clear line of site (it was just the route of the trench that added to the distance) is there anything else we can do? Anything without wires or is that too complicated?

Or would it be better to give up the diy route and get someone in to sort it - network installation type person? There seem to be a few locally who do home networks.

Thanks again

rook

You might try Homeplugs, they may just work - http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-PA411KIT-AV500-Power...

If you are going down that route (plus the fact that the OP mentioned wireless connection), I would suggest something like this:- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Devolo-dLAN-500-Wireless-Sta...

But for that to cause a problem you would need an isolation failure at two locations

indeed, I was merely explaining the reasoning behind the concern. If you have an electrical isolation policy there's no issue ever.

OP mentioned two different metered power supplies

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OP mentioned two different metered power supplies

Not totally impractical, but I accept that there is a requirement to "suck-it-&-see"!

I would still suggest a wired connection. Is there a fence line that is close? Use fully armoured SWA Cat5e or Cat6 and run it along there or just below the surface.

You could go for a point to point wireless solution but total data rates will be well down on a wired Ethernet connection.


If you go for a local installer they will only be doing what you would - and you sound competent, so why pay someone else when you could the credit? There would still be the cost of running cable or installing a link.