Re: Home ethernet wiring [Was: Re: Computer Room\Data Center layouts]

["Ben Holland" <user=122@nabble.blu.org>]

 It totally depends on the outlay of your house. Most places around here 
including microcenter and even radioshak have these awesome face plates that 
take in snap connectors. These snap connectors range from being Ethernet, 
telephone, and coax jacks, plug em into the face plate and watch it go. This 
means that you can basically take off the faceplate of say, a telephone 
connector in any room and just run wire where the phone wire goes, and just 
have 2 jacks in 1 faceplate. It's very nice.  Best part is they are cheap. 
About making your own cat5, it REALLY depends on how much you need and how 
much you trust yourself, if you have even 100 feet, its almost worth it to 
get a spindle of 500 with a crimper. Don't cheap out though, get good 
connectors, and test each wire you make, after the first 3 or so you will be 
an expert at making them yourself and save a bundle. 

If you have ever run wire ever it's going to be much the same, with the 2 
houses i've wired up i've found that most of the time it's an up then down 
approach. Go through the attic if you have one, then feed it down to the 
basement but this is extremely dependent on the outlay of your house. 

Good luck! ~Ben 

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Matthew Gillen <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> Gordon Marx wrote: 
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
>> 
>>> Make sure all the data cables are labeled at both ends. 
>>> 
>> 
>> YES!! *Especially* if you plan to change your network configuration. 
>> Tracing network cables is a big, labor-intensive, unnecessary pain in 
>> the ass. Also, if you're running lots of cables, DON'T MAKE THEM 
>> YOURSELF. Ain't nothin' worse than realizing that the monkey made the 
>> cables wrong. 
>> 
> 
> On a related note, I've been toying with the idea of wiring most rooms in 
> my house with ethernet jacks (I don't like the idea of broadcasting 802.11x 
> to my neighbors). 
> 
> Surely several people on this list have done that before.  Do you have any 
> advice on where to get supplies, general dos and don'ts?  Is there any 
> reason to use Cat6 vs. Cat5 for home use? 
> 
> I have a ranch-style house, so it shouldn't be too bad to get in the walls 
> and such (I've already mucked with the electrical wiring a bit).  I'm 
> thinking I'd want jacks in the 4 bedrooms and the living room. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Matt 
> 
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