Subj : PoE Window Passthroug To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Mon Nov 24 2025 07:24:00 Hi Ky! > > > Not really ChitChat but as this is where we are congregating.... > > KM> Cuz we're all lost. > > But I was following Mike! > KM> Where's he going?? > I don't know but so far looking interesting! KM> Well, now we're lost! Nah: we're on an 'alternative route to our destination'! > KM> Mostly the complaint is that aluminum has such poor network > KM> transmission qualities compared to copper that you end up > KM> replacing the cable anyway. But I expect it might also overheat > KM> used for PoE. > That would be bad! I'd think if they wanted to use aluminum to save > over copper the overheating problem is solved by using a thick gauge, > but then probably the reason for using aluminum over copper is to save > money, so using more aluminum tends to defeat the savings. KM> It's not being done for savings. It's being done purely to cheat KM> consumers (one guess where they're made and who the vendors are). KM> These cables are advertised as being pure copper, are priced only KM> slightly below the real thing (but enough to attract unwary KM> buyers) and you only find out they're not when you get tons of KM> network errors and try replacing one of the ends, and find the KM> wire is not copper after all. KM> There are loads of angry reviews on Amazon. Now you've got me concerned! Sould be OK: when I initially found the Ethernet cables did look at the reviews and were were good. The through-the-window adapter was mixed, which prompted me asking the question here. > KM> Came across many complaints while I was looking for a wholesale > KM> source for the Starlink cable, which needs to do PoE > KM> (snow-melting heater in the antenna). Fake (aluminum core) cables > KM> abound. -- The cable they ship in the kit was way too short, and > KM> I didn't like $150 for theirs at retail! > Yesterday I purchased the supplies for the project: the outdoor-rated > Ethernet cable is "100% pure copper" (even the insulation?!). The KM> One wonders.... I think right now I'd only buy from Jacob's Parts KM> or one of the server supply houses, as they have a track record KM> and a customer base intolerant of busted network parts. I had looked at JacobsParts for the through-the-window thing but didn't find. > material for the through-the-window adapter was not stated. There was > also a Starlink adaptor for some semi-astronomical amount. KM> Current (gen3) Starlink equipment can take a standard plug (gen2 KM> was proprietary), but the special plugs are designed to be KM> waterproof and to be both quite sticky in the port yet to be KM> unplugged with a firm yank, since once the antenna is installed KM> on a post, you can't reach the port anymore. That sounds like the start of a good news/bad news list! I'm thinking maybe the port isn't available after installation as part of the design to protect the port from water. Probably more the location of the printed circuit board inside, but we'll make it sound good! Better make sure the length of cable is right before mounting! > KM> Yeah, I think if I were building a house nowadays, I'd include > KM> weatherproof portals for cables and such. Several of them. And > KM> conduit big enough to drag cable through, if I had to. > Right. When we built on the Master Bedroom I did run a low-voltage > multi-conductor cable from the basement to the second floor (where the KM> A which what? Which what?! Presuming 'multi-conductor cable': instead of the usual two or three wires (like for doorbell wiring) this has several -- I think my cable had eight. > bedroom is) in case needed. So far no. Should have run an Ethernet > line too just in case -- don't need (so far). KM> Famous last words!! > When remodelled the Dining Room/Family Room I did run a couple of > Ethernet cables -- one eventually was put into use. KM> SEE? Yup! The good news is I could run an Ethernet line from the Computer Room (also on the second floor) through the Storage Area and the adjacent wall of the Master Bedroom. The hardest part would be in the Storage Area because of, well, the storage! > Wireless is good - when it works! KM> Alas, WHEN it works. I need to get a repeater for the other KM> house. *sigh* OK, my turn for a question. I can think of three or four methods for repeating a signal: all radio: in one channel, out another. Wired: Ethernet to the location and WiFi out (probably set to Bridge mode). There's something called 'mesh' which from initial glances seemed more for businesses or a huge house (mansion-sized). > .. WiFi Password `2444666668888888'. I get asked and say `12345678'! KM> "2444666668888888" is made up of one two, three four's, five six's.... KM> Forgot my password. Set it to 'incorrect'. Type in what you think your password is, the computer will respond "your password is incorrect": problem solved! ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... Why called "heated seats"? Because "rear defroster" already taken!! --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com (454:1/1) .