| If you want to extend Ethernet some distance from your main network or internet connection, how do you get beyond the 330 ft distance limitation of the Ethernet standard? Is there such a thing as an Ethernet Extender? How does one overcome this fundamental limitation? Wireless 802.11b or g is one solution that will work. However, wireless products have their own distance limitations. And the speed of links often leave much to be desired. Wireless simply isn't the best answer for everyone trying to get the network beyond the distance limitations of the Ethernet standard. Fiber optic modems will work very well, but for many, the cost in time and money, running fiber to the shack, and buying the fiber modems is prohibitive. If you have an existing copper run to your remote locations (for telephones or data), or if you can run cheap twisted pair to the remote location, there is an excellent product available for extending Ethernet over copper. Its not free, but it does solve the problem in an elegant and efficient way. Copper "Ethernet Extenders" use a single twisted pair to extend Ethernet as far as one mile at data rates as high as 16.64 mbps. This is the perfect solution for extending the network to the remote radio location over an inexpensive copper link. Other applications come to mind too...like IP based remote control. 
The Ethernet extenders I use, from Patton Electronics, work very well. Here is a story from a non-technical individual who used the basic model. VDSL Extender LAN Extender
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