[TriLUG] Question about wiring a new home with Cat6/e

[Russell Harrison]

Say, you thought that someday you might setup a MythTV setup together.  Say
you wanted to stream that video to multiple rooms.  Wireless just won't do.

He's on the right track by wiring his house as its being built.  Granted
wireless works for most things you'd want to do but it'll be much easier
(and cheaper) for him to wire the house before the sheet rock goes up, than
to find out he wished he'd done it at some point later.

To that point I'd personally go with the best cable I could run (depending
on cost), I can't imagine what a home network would ever need more that gig
ether net for.  Then again we weren't supposed to need more than 512k of RAM
either. . .

On 11/7/06, Dave Sorenson <dave at logicalgeek.com> wrote:
>
> Please don't feed the  "I couldn't figure out wireless so it must be
> crap" Troll
>
>
> Jim Ray wrote:
> > I can plug in a wireless router, sit ten feet away, run ping and drop
> > packets left and right.  Friends don't let friends use wireless unless
> > you're at a hotel, restaurant or are otherwise forced to use it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Jim Ray, President
> > Neuse River Networks
> > tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772
> > http://www.Neuse.Net
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> >> Behalf Of Mike A. Salim
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:42 AM
> >> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> >> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Question about wiring a new home with Cat6/e
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am curious, why go with cable at all since you are going to be using
> >> wireless as well?  Seems like a lot of expense!
> >>
> >> As a very rough guide for cable installation costs, you can expect to
> be
> >> quoted between $40 to $90 per drop plus some base costs of a few
> hundred
> >> dollars from professional installers (office environment).
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> >> Behalf Of OlsonE at aosa.army.mil
> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:34 AM
> >> To: trilug at trilug.org
> >> Subject: [TriLUG] Question about wiring a new home with Cat6/e
> >>
> >> I know this is not directly linux related .but the network cables would
> >> be
> >> plugging into linux boxen .lol.
> >>
> >> I'm looking at a few things - first to purchase (build) a home, and
> >> second,
> >> to wire the house for cat6/e. The total sq ft on the house is 3396 (and
> >> it's
> >> a 2 story house). I was thinking about putting the switch (gbit),
> >> router,
> >> and cable modem underneath the stairs ..since it would be a more
> >> centralized
> >> location. or in the closet on the first floor.
> >>
> >> Here are my questions:
> >>
> >> - Which would I be better off going with, Cat6/e, Cat6, or Cat5e? I'm
> >> also
> >> going to put about 4 wireless routers in the house. One (primary) on
> the
> >> first floor, and 3 bridges (one on the first floor, two on the second
> >> floor).
> >> - Same as above, why?
> >> - How much would it cost for the cable, ends?
> >>   - I can get a very high speed tester for the weekend and crimpers --
> >> from
> >> the .mil
> >>   - About how much would I need for the home? Ideally, I'd like to have
> >> a
> >> jack in each room (bedroom / office / living / kitchen -- for a total
> of
> >> 8
> >> rooms)
> >> - How much (est), would it cost to have someone come in and install it
> >> for
> >> me? I'm decent at crimping / testing .I just want to make sure its
> >> perfect
> >> the first time .as its going to go up before the sheetrock.
> >>
> >> You're more than welcome to contact me off-list if you like.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Eric
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