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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wa8yxm
Explorer III
Jul 13, 2018
300 Feet is not too far for wireless if you have a good Wi-Fi Client (Nano-Station Loco M or M2 as an example)

300 Feet IS the limit for Cat-5 if I recall correctly.

It may be the cable has gotten wet I have that issue when my 100' Cable gets wet.. Enough. You may just need to pull a new cable.
YC_1
Nomad
Jul 13, 2018
Time to pull a new cable. I suspect you will find the old one soaking wet. If you find it wet try to find a midway point in the conduit and drill a hole from top through the bottom once you pull the old cable out and just have a string attached.

Then seal the top hole. It does not need to be any bigger than 1/8 of an inch drill bit.
Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2018
Cat6a is good for 328 feet @ 10 gbps, but you might also Google cantenna
Sam_Spade
Explorer
Jul 13, 2018
YC 1 wrote:
Time to pull a new cable. I suspect you will find the old one soaking wet.

He did say that his original cable is gel filled, right ?

Unless it is badly damaged, that should work completely submerged......right ??

My bet is that the conduit and cable are crushed somewhere along the line, or similarly damaged. If that is the case, the old one might not pull out very good or at all. Or will have to be pulled in TWO pieces, one from each end.

I still think that proper WiFi equipment might be a better option.

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