PC Network Cabling

[B.J.Honeycut]

If it's not a long term setup just run it without any conduit at all. Just protect the ends. In my experience Cat5 will last a couple of years in the weather before you run into problems. I work as a Sys Admin and we just recently had a cable failure in a "temporary" cable that was litterally swinging in the wind for 3 years.

[Sturdee]

I had bit of a brain wave on the poly pipe guys, my plan is to get some silver plumbers tape and encase the pipe with that - the silver should reflect at least some of the heat.

Paul, if you're going to encase the poly pipe with duct tape, great stuff should be in every workshop , I would definitely use an old garden hose.

Just cut the hose along its lenght with a stanley knife, slip in the cable and then wrap the duct tape around it.

Peter.

[Grunt]

Have you thought about wireless. The latest wireless stuff is fast (802.11g for those tecky dweebs like me). A wireless router will cost around $120-140 and wireless cards are pretty cheap.

I've got solid sandstone internal walls and the wireless stuff works a treat and saved me a great deal of heart ache trying to lay cable through and around the sandstone walls.