[Gllug] The netwroked house - a terminal in every room >;)

[Chris Bell]

On Mon 07 Mar, M.Blackmore wrote:
> 
> One of our Oxluggy number is busy renovating our new house in Charlbury 
> and we have been discussing what sort of comms wire to run - and how to 
> put a "terminal" in every room (well, a number of rooms) in the most 
> economical manner.
> 
> Cabling: Might as well run a couple of gigabit wires and trunking into 
> every room as all the floorboards are up at the moment, though I suspect 
> flushing the bog will require a terabit link within the decade...

   The usual problem is that however carefully you design the layout there
are never enough sockets in the right places. Cat5 is probably easier, Cat6
perhaps better, but I suppose that you may need to use fibre to make it
reasonably future proof.
   Mains wiring is normally run in rings, and if necessary a ring can be
stretched to add an extra outlet. Fibre rings could be laid to match, and
extended in a similar way. It might be much more expensive to set up, but
should carry enough data for the next month or so.

-- 
Chris Bell

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