[asterisk-users] long distance ethernet & Asterisk

Jerry Jones jjones at danrj.com
Fri Jul 28 06:50:47 MST 2006


It has been several years since I had to address similar situations,  
but I used TUT Systems devices back then. worked great. There are  
several DSL variants which should work ok.


On Jul 27, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Manrique Feoli wrote:

> another thought, if you are in a bowl, all you need to find is line  
> of sight to one common place from both ends, and place a repeater  
> there. (you could also set two or three steps repeating the signal  
> within points which have line of sight). I'm not sure but I think  
> one repeater would be much cheaper than 20.000ft of copper +  
> extenders + poles+ maintenance, lighning... (even thought you are  
> in Copper Mountain !!, BTW nice spot ).
>
> if in the end you decide to go with ethernet, just beware of  
> lighning!!!
>
> Brian Vincent (C) escribió:
>>
>> I know.. I know… fiber would be ideal. We have single-mode all  
>> over the place. We even have some dark, unterminated strands  
>> within 2000ft of this location – it makes me want to cry.  
>> Unfortunately lighting it up isn’t an option – we wouldn’t gain  
>> anything because we couldn’t connect to anything else to get us  
>> the last stretch. Trenching 2000ft isn’t an option – this is  
>> National Forest land and we’re not allowed to do that.
>>
>> As far as wireless – no line of sight. This location sits in a  
>> little bowl at 11,200’.
>>
>> So what I’m left with is a 400pr, 22awg out to 3000’. Then we jump  
>> on 200pr, 24awg aerial cable strung on the 3^rd longest high-speed  
>> quad chairlift (10,800’ run). The last leg involves a short  
>> underground to another high-speed quad and down 6000’. We can  
>> stick a powered repeater in the motor room of the first lift (so I  
>> guess a bit further than the original 12,000’ I was thinking.)
>>
>> Yes, we do strange things.
>>
>> If you’re really curious, here’s a map of the campus environment  
>> we maintain:
>>
>> http://www.skireport.com/colorado/copper/trailmap/
>>
>> -------------------
>> Brian Vincent
>> Copper Mountain Telecom
>> vincentb at coppercolorado.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk- 
>> users-bounces at lists.digium.com] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Reeves
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:03 PM
>> *To:* manrique.feoli at kinetos.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List -  
>> Non-Commercial Discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] long distance ethernet & Asterisk
>>
>> I would really look towards fiber, the bandwidth and distance can  
>> easily be handled.
>>
>> On 7/27/06, *Manrique Feoli* < manrique.feoli at kinetos.com  
>> <mailto:manrique.feoli at kinetos.com>> wrote:
>>
>> If you have line of sight between the points, maybe you could  
>> setup a wireless link point to point, I know some people who have  
>> done it over 3 to 5 miles range, they get 10 Mbps, (but don´t know  
>> if you could get more).
>> just a thought
>>
>>
>> Joe Pukepail escribió:
>>
>> Fiber? Otherwise maybe look at cisco LRE (Long reach ethernet),  
>> but I think the limit for LRE is 5000ft (beats the heck out of  
>> regular ethernets 300ft). Last I looked LRE was very expensive.
>>
>> On 7/27/06, *Brian Vincent (C)* < VincentB at coppercolorado.com  
>> <mailto:VincentB at coppercolorado.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Two questions:
>>
>> 1. We need to run Ethernet out to a really long distance –  
>> 20,000ft. We have the ability to put a powered repeater in at  
>> about 12,000'. We can run it using up to 4 pairs. Any  
>> recommendations on products that will reach that far? We're  
>> looking for 5 – 10Mbps.
>>
>> 2. The products we're likely looking at might be something like  
>> g.SHDSL, although I'm fine with a completely proprietary solution.  
>> Any idea if it would add too much latency to run a SIP phone?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> -------------------
>> Brian Vincent
>> Copper Mountain Telecom
>> vincentb at coppercolorado.com <mailto:vincentb at coppercolorado.com>
>>
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