Outdoor Ethernet cable chewed up by animal. Still works, but connect speed dropped from Gigabit to 100 Mbps.
I've got a CAT5e cable going all the way to the backyard gazebo, where I have a WiFi access point. I recently noticed the Ethernet connect speed never went above 100 Mbps.
I checked out the line and it turns out the cable was actually chewed up by some animal. I have a lot of slack so I could theoretically repair it, but I'm thinking that could actually be a bad idea since it's outside. It might be better to leave it as is. Alternatively, I could run the cable into the shed beside it to keep the repaired part out of the rain, but that would involve drilling holes in the shed wall I guess.
It's only being used for WiFi surfing when I happen to be sitting in the backyard, and that particular WiFi access point is 802.11n only anyway, so 100 Mbps is fine. However, I don't know how long that connection will remain intact considering how chewed up the line is.
Is there a simple way to repair the cable while keeping it out of the elements, without running it into the shed? How do you repair an Ethernet cable anyway?
I checked out the line and it turns out the cable was actually chewed up by some animal. I have a lot of slack so I could theoretically repair it, but I'm thinking that could actually be a bad idea since it's outside. It might be better to leave it as is. Alternatively, I could run the cable into the shed beside it to keep the repaired part out of the rain, but that would involve drilling holes in the shed wall I guess.
It's only being used for WiFi surfing when I happen to be sitting in the backyard, and that particular WiFi access point is 802.11n only anyway, so 100 Mbps is fine. However, I don't know how long that connection will remain intact considering how chewed up the line is.
Is there a simple way to repair the cable while keeping it out of the elements, without running it into the shed? How do you repair an Ethernet cable anyway?
