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<blockquote data-quote="wolsty" data-source="post: 41389" data-attributes="member: 175166"><p>Thanks Polo Mint. That's very helpful.</p><p></p><p>At the moment I have a crossover cable (my son got it from one of his friends) running from the office, up the stairs, across the dining room and into the living room. Provided that I sit close enough to the living room door, it gets round the problem, but it's inconvenient to everyone who was to wriggle past it and sooner or later someone will trip over it and break something. And, what's more, I can't see the tv. I guess the total length of run from the office to the loft and down to the aerial socket in the living room at each end for connection to the pc's, leaving a length at each end for connection to the pc's is about 25 metres A bit less for the serial cable.</p><p></p><p>I've been looking at threads about lengthening serial cables on other forums. One posting suggests that you can cut a normal cable and insert a length of four core telephone cable up to 20 metres. That solution seems a bit Heath Robinson to me and I was wondering if it would be possible to use some of the burglar alarm cable I already have spare, or some of the UTP I'll have to buy, and make up my own. I'm reasonably handy with a soldering iron. What connectors would I need?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wolsty, post: 41389, member: 175166"] Thanks Polo Mint. That's very helpful. At the moment I have a crossover cable (my son got it from one of his friends) running from the office, up the stairs, across the dining room and into the living room. Provided that I sit close enough to the living room door, it gets round the problem, but it's inconvenient to everyone who was to wriggle past it and sooner or later someone will trip over it and break something. And, what's more, I can't see the tv. I guess the total length of run from the office to the loft and down to the aerial socket in the living room at each end for connection to the pc's, leaving a length at each end for connection to the pc's is about 25 metres A bit less for the serial cable. I've been looking at threads about lengthening serial cables on other forums. One posting suggests that you can cut a normal cable and insert a length of four core telephone cable up to 20 metres. That solution seems a bit Heath Robinson to me and I was wondering if it would be possible to use some of the burglar alarm cable I already have spare, or some of the UTP I'll have to buy, and make up my own. I'm reasonably handy with a soldering iron. What connectors would I need? [/QUOTE]
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