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[Gina Norman <gina AT vnet.net>]

I'm adding onto my house (new master bedroom and bath) and I'm getting the
builder to pull speaker wire as part of the job, so I can use my speaker
set "B" in the bedroom.  It has occurred to me that as long as he's
pulling wire anyway, he might as well pull the sorts of wire that would be
useful in setting up a home network.  Notice the vagueness of that last
bit -- that's the root of my problem.

I'm a website mgr. sort-of-girl and have (almost no) idea what the
hardware end of the world looks like beyond some basic concepts I have
loosely attached to the word "server."

The word CAT5 is in my head, but I don't know:

1) if that's really what I need
2) where I could get such a thing (need fewer than 70 ft. and would
prefer not to buy tons more than I need)
3) if there's something else I'll need along with the CAT5.

The computers themselves are, at this point, hypothetical.  My home PC is
an ancient coal-fired Mac, so when I want to work from home I take in my
laptop.  I've thought about getting an older windows-type machine because
I'm really interested in X-10ing my house.  I would expect that the cable
might be used to connect my laptop in the bedroom to my X-10 machine in
the living room.

Any ideas/thoughts?

Any help would be appreciated!

-gina


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My brain seems to have a circuit-breaker-like mechanism that, when I get
confused and befuddled by the overwhelming monstrosities of my life,
causes a default to the simplest and most pleasant of thoughts.  Like 
Marshmallow Peeps.  I *like* Marshmallow Peeps.

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