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

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Tue Mar 8 09:48:56 UTC 2005


On Tue 08 Mar, honos wrote:
> 

> >
> Sorry if this sound silly, but why not using wi-fi? 
> No need for cables and depending on the size of the house you might need 
> only one hub to serve every room, you are also free to move around you 
> machines and don't have to worry about cables going bad/replacing them 
> overtime (!)
>  
> 
> 
> 
   I would definitely run cables if the floorboards are already up, the main
problems would be how many and from where. Cat6 may cope better with higher
speeds over a long run, but it is more difficult to install than Cat5
because of bending restrictions. 

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Chris Bell

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