Wok-fi - anyone done it?

[Martin Naef]

Dave S wrote:
> I originally thought I'd just buy a 100m reel of shielded Cat5e cable and run 
> it outdoors to the barn.  I think this would cost about £50 or so, which is 
> affordable, but would be good to avoid as we're still pretty broke from moving 
> house.  It would also leave me with quite a bit of left over cable, but it 
> doesn't particularly seem possible to buy lengths of network cable like say 
> 70m - seems I have to go for the full 100m reel.

Rapid sells a 300m reel for just over £50:
http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Connectors/Cables/Networking/Cat5e-Elite-LSOH-cable/62398

I'd get that and then try to sell off the rest for, say £40 on Gumtree 
or something along those lines...

Never tried Wokfi, but I've had my share of connectivity problems at my 
old flat in Glasgow...

Martin