Wiring for data in houses

[Robert Brockway]

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Mike Kallies wrote:

> I was thinking of cat3 phonewire, 2 sets of cat6 data (material costs

I really wouldn't bother with cat3.  Run another length of cat6.  I did
this in my home in Australia (well, cat5a which was the highest category
at the time) and have the flexibility to patch phone or data around the
house using the cat6.

My other suggestion is to consider getting a professional in this area.
They'll take care of interference issues[1], etc, and really aren't
expensive.

[1] Well, the good ones will, anyway :)

> Wireless is not going to be a perfect replacement for this stuff for a
> long time, today it is slow and suffers from privacy issues.  Tomorrow

I see the main problem as speed.  The security is easy enough to overcome
through the use of IPSec, which would itself make an interesting project
:)

> it will be faster, but whether or not it will cater to impractical geeks

But "wired" connects will be faster still.  10GBit ethernet is just around
the corner.

> remains to be seen.  Besides, it's fun to hack around with this stuff.

Definitely.

> Another reason I want to do this however is because it is an old
> house...  I'm going to be doing some electrical & plumbing upgrades, and
> afterwards, I'm going to be using some blow-in insulation for energy
> efficiency and soundproofing... which will make future wire
> installations an order of magnitude more difficult.

Ok, maybe you already have the skills to do the job professionally
yourself :)

Rob

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