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On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 mdthomas AT mindspring.com wrote:

> I considered wiring my house but came to the conclusion that
> wireless is the way to go. Not only do you not have the labor,
> you actually have more flexibility as to where you and your
> laptop are able to play.

Same-same here. The only person so far I've recommended actually wire his
place when he bought it last year runs a recording studio out of his
house and needs to move large audio and sometimes larger video files
between the various setups spread over his house. For him the difference
between wireless 11Mbps and wired 100Mbps between rooms was actually going
to be noticeable. I still sugested he get a wireless basestation for
personal and non-bandwith intensive issues.

regards,
Steve

> InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu> wrote:
> > 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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