My RV is 300 feet from my S&B home. About 5 years ago I ran (in a pvc conduit) a underground gel filled CAT5e cable from the S&B to the RV. I got good service at the RV with about the same speed as at the S&B.I have now returned from 6 weeks on the road. I no longer have internet service at the RV. I do not know if there was any type of storm damage or other thing that could have "knock out" the cable while I was on the road.I have tested the cable and I get a "pass" with one of these tester.CAT5 TesterEven with a "good pass" cable I can not connect to the internet. Is there some other type of tester that I can use to find out what is wrong?

do you have internet st the house?

Contact your Internet provider and explain the situation? solution? Can you get internet wirelessly? Could your CAT5e have a break in the wiring? Try connecting a new CAT5e from RV to House above ground to test your older CAT5e cable.

rk911 wrote:do you have internet st the house?Yes, I still have internet at the house

MarkTwain wrote:Contact your Internet provider and explain the situation? solution?Since AT&T did not run the 300 foot cable, they do not want to help. Can you get internet wirelessly? 300 feet is too far for wirelessCould your CAT5e have a break in the wiring? If there is a break the cable would not test goodTry connecting a new CAT5e from RV to House above ground to test your older CAT5e cable. That is my last choice since 300 feet of CAT5 will cost almost $50.00

also try rebooting the router in the house.

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Sam_Spade
Explorer
Jul 13, 2018
TenOC wrote:
I get internet when a short patch ethernet CAT5 cable is plugged into the same port on the the router at the house that the long cable uses. Thus I know the router port is working.

IF....you are using the same laptop that you use in the RV to do this test, then you have tested everything GOOD except the cable and it's connectors.

Time for a new cable. Or maybe a WIFI extender.
TenOC
Nomad
Jul 13, 2018
mike-s wrote:
When plugged in, do you get a link light (little LED where the cable plugs in) at both the PC and "router" ends?

No led light at the PC. I have not checked the router end yet.

Assuming you do, and it's a Windows PC, open a command shell (cli), and enter "ipconfig". In the output, you want to look for the IPv4 address of your Ethernet adapter. If the address starts with 169.254... then it's not talking to the "router." You should expect it to start with 192.168...

The PC does not see any connection at all
theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2018
Most cabling is NOT rated for "direct burial". Conduit are not guaranteed to stay dry for their life, so you should still use direct burial cable.

For long distances and in "rough" conditions, I would recommend Cat 6. Large gauge wires so it should be able to handle abuse better.

The maximum recommended distance for a single segment of Cat5/Cat 6 wire is 90 meters or about 295'. You are close to that limit.
TenOC
Nomad
Jul 13, 2018
theoldwizard1 wrote:
Most cabling is NOT rated for "direct burial". Conduit are not guaranteed to stay dry for their life, so you should still use direct burial cable.

I used direct burial gel filled cable
Bobbo
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2018
Have you connected THAT pc to the internet in the house to be sure that the pc is connecting? That takes the long cable out of the picture. If the pc connects while in the house, I agree with the options of 1. replace the connectors on both ends, and 2. replace the entire cable.
mike-s
Explorer
Jul 13, 2018
All xxxBASE-T Ethernet up to 10G is specified for 100 m, not 90, although it may work at greater distances.

How does the wiring go? Does the camper end just come out somewhere and you plug it directly into the PC? Or does it connect to a jack on the camper, which is then wired somewhere?
ksg5000
Explorer
Jul 13, 2018
Agree with Bobbo - take the computer into the stick house and direct connect. Easiest way to determine whether the cable is the issue.
TenOC
Nomad
Jul 13, 2018
ksg5000 wrote:
Agree with Bobbo - take the computer into the stick house and direct connect. Easiest way to determine whether the cable is the issue.

The computer connects to the internet in the house using the same configuration (less long cable -- I used a short patch cable) as at the RV. Thus I am sure it is a cable problem.

After replacing the ends of the long cable I get and "unidentified" network error. Thus I think I need to spend the money for a new cable. I can not think of any reason to go to a CAT6 cable because as I understand it the CAT6 is NOT high speed at this long a distance.
turbojimmy
Explorer
Jul 13, 2018
TenOC wrote:
After replacing the ends of the long cable I get and "unidentified" network error. Thus I think I need to spend the money for a new cable. I can not think of any reason to go to a CAT6 cable because as I understand it the CAT6 is NOT high speed at this long a distance.

It does sound like an issue with the cable. Unless you're throughput is 10GB or more the choice between CAT5e and CAT6 is irrelevant at that distance. I'd get whatever is cheaper. With either cable you are approaching the distance limitations anyway.

I have a couple-hundred feet of direct bury CAT6 running to a WiFi hotspot on my property (it uses PoE). The only problem I've had with it so far is that a fox chewed it up one night. The wireless camera connected to the hotspot caught him doing it up until I lost connectivity. He was trying to pull it up out of the ground for some reason.
wnjj
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2018
TenOC wrote:
ksg5000 wrote:
Agree with Bobbo - take the computer into the stick house and direct connect. Easiest way to determine whether the cable is the issue.

The computer connects to the internet in the house using the same configuration (less long cable -- I used a short patch cable) as at the RV. Thus I am sure it is a cable problem.

After replacing the ends of the long cable I get and "unidentified" network error. Thus I think I need to spend the money for a new cable. I can not think of any reason to go to a CAT6 cable because as I understand it the CAT6 is NOT high speed at this long a distance.

If replacing the ends changed the behavior, double check your work (i.e. which colors on which pins). How likely was it that the ends were bad AND something with the cable?