 Time you're from on systems and I had posted a couple photos on my social media channels and in some forums You know I'm discussing a small little project we did for a client and Basically putting Wi-Fi at their boat dock pretty simple job for well What's gonna be hopefully something bigger later, but more to the point people asked right away? Why not just run fiber? Why did you run cable now? The reason I even bring that up at all is because the run does exceed the 100 meter slash 300 feet General limit that you have with normal cable, but this isn't normal cable because of that distance We use the game changer cable and I've reviewed this previously which I'll leave a link to down below and There are a few factors to think about when you're designing any type of project for a client You know and just because fibers really cool and fancy because it's fiber and cables kind of boring But definitely gets a job done there are your circumstances and things you should think about when you're putting this together Which is why I'm making this video Just kind of a quick thought process on these and what it you know It looks like if you do run fiber and put a job box on there and some future Expandability ideas before we dive into the details if you'd like to learn more about me and my company head over to Lawrence systems comm I like to hire short project There's a hires button right at the top if you'd like to help this channel in other ways There are affiliate links down below that help out the channel and other ways to connect with us including our forums Or we can have a more in-depth discussion Now let's talk about this now the game changer cable will go Not only the 100 meters, but up to 200 meters or over 600 Something odd feet that you will be able to run this cable with POE. I've reviewed it. I've talked about testing it It's pretty wild how well this stuff works and we do like it And that's why I thought it was kind of neat when we were putting it in for someone where I could show a Direct use case for it and with the comments of why not fiber? I figured hey Why not talk about that real quick? Just you know put the thought process out there first is All this is his Wi-Fi for a dock second They were already going to be trenching because they had to run other service lines out there to the dock So we already have direct burial cable right here Which is this particular one from game changer is the direct burial which means yes It's a little bit more expensive than average You have to check with suppliers to get that it's not sold on Amazon. Sorry. It's usually sold by the large cable vendors But then what about if you wanted to do something with fiber now? You can get fiber even if you don't have the tools to terminate fiber You can have it cut at custom lengths Then have the ends put on there and then you can get jacketed fiber So it's armored essentially so you can actually bury it as well But still fibers a little bit more delicate than this even with the jacket on there It makes me worry a little more, but once you get jacketed fiber. Yes, I know it's pretty solid It should be fine, but if we go jack and fiber I can't just run it directly into the Wi-Fi device because well, this doesn't carry power over it Also, you need to have something to terminate into so we need to switch. So all right Let's get a little edge switch here. So I had a sitting on desk We'd have to get a switch and you can't just leave this sitting out at the dock They don't have a building down at the dock It's well, it's a dock and there's water and there's wetness and well it rains here in Michigan So you need to put it in a job box. So then we have a job box here And this is a job box by Altilix and we could then mount the Engine here and then it's got a plug and we can plug this in and plug in a PoE Or we could just switch to a PoE switch to be able to power it And now we've got a lot more equipment than we had just running one cable Now this will be something that may be added in the future because well once you have Wi-Fi you go Hey, I have this line running all the way down here Could I put cameras down here? And yes, there is power down at the dock So a job box may be in their future when they decide to add a camera on things like that But once again, we don't have to recable it We just where the destination of the cable is will change and be different But there's a you know different thoughts on this now Another question that may come up is why not a site to site now I'll say the sites have really come down over the years and I haven't reviewed any of them recently I have plenty of reviews on a channel the previous ones that we've used and we still use some of their ones I just haven't reviewed them and that would have been an option But yeah, then we have to mount something to the house and they like everything really nice and clean living on the water and Then we've had to put a pole up to mount it So you're not just looking at it and the only thing out there is one little pole Which we have the Wi-Fi device on maybe in the future site to site be cool But I like the reliability and you know stability especially because you're already trenching They were already putting other service lines out there. So having this cable works really well So we could have went fiber definitely an option But would have added to the complexity and I feel a little bit more that fiber generally speaking is a little bit more delicate You sure aren't splicing fiber out in the field unless you have the right tools to put the ends on like I said You could have bought it pre fabbed at the ends and that's fine But you're also standing out there on a dock doing it. Not that that's terrible It's actually a beautiful place to stand. It was really nice today. We're out there But this is just a simpler and more practical solution even though it does exceed that 100 meter limit But that's why I reviewed the game changer cable because it's great for those one-off uses and I break some of those Use cases down inside that video But this is a real-world time where we did real-world use case use one of these to solve the problem now one note on These job boxes and like I said leave a link to where you can get these in Amazon one Buy a lighter colored one so the devices in here don't overheat to if you live in a really warm climate You'll want to get one of these with fans in there some type of active cooling to cool it off because once you seal these in here They're great weatherproof boxes But heat buildup can be an issue either you have to put something to shade it So it doesn't hit direct Sun having a lighter colored box for those you wondering Scott I think this is ugly being that it's just a beige box like this But you know Black box may blend in or look better the other side of it is make it hotter and you don't really want the switches overheating So those are my quick thoughts on this particular topic I'll leave a link to that game changer cable video review where I break down some of the Details of how they managed to take a cable like this and get it to go that extra distance And for those of you interested in what these outdoor job boxes these aren't that expensive buy them on amazon They come with a kit for all the mounting to put everything in them We've used them quite a bit on a lot of different projects, especially where you know, you want to get a multiple PoE switch In there to handle something larger like a few cameras, which may be something in the future for that particular project They have a Wi-Fi now with one device, but later you have the job box and add some cameras Yeah, that might be a pretty handy thing to have but just so people are wondering how that gets done I'll leave links to that and let me know what else you think down below If you would have ran fiber or ran site-to-site or ran the game changer cable Let me know. 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