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Ethernet cable through your garden? (lemy.lol)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by greenbelt@lemy.lol to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Has anyone here expanded internet connectivity to their garden with an ethernet cable? I am speaking about non-wireless communications. To some hut some 100 meters away? What are your experiences with it? Is it as simple as digging a cable trench, putting the cable in (maybe with some pipe to protect it) and covering it?

Are fibre optics a viable long-range alternative to copper ethernet cables for local area networks?

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[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Watch out with shovels. I've cut my wire once, trying to plant a tree. My neighbours (who are my oarents) were not happy. Insurance companies recommend to dig 30 cm to a meter deep.

It might be overkill, but you could check with your local zoning office if there's any pipes or cables already running through your garden, so you don't accidentally snip any. Because that can become expensive real quick.

The ground deep under your garden/house is often not your property, but that of the state or a gas company or something. So there could be any number of pipes running down there. Maybe even old mineshafts.