If you could, what
> phone/cable/other wall outputs would you add? I figure I'll
> have two cable prongs and two phone jacks on each wall.
> Anything else?
I would make sure they use CAT 5 cable. This way, you could use the phone
lines for POTS or for Ethernet (or token ring for you sadists out there).
You just have to switch the outlet box plug thingies from rj-11 to rj-45
type connectors. Typical phone line has two pairs of wires (CAT 3), CAT 5
has 4 pairs of wires. I would have all of the lines meet into a junction
patch panel (about 70 bucks) in a closet or garage, so you can then decide
which lines are phone and which lines are ethernet. It makes it easy when
you get DSL.
I would NOT spend any money on renovations related to PC networking (other
than what I described above). Wireless is too easy to use to justify the
cost. Wireless works great. I currently recommend the 802.11b vs Intel's
wireless solution, only for compatibility reasons. The Intel wireless stuff
is cheaper, but slower. Slap an Antenna onto your house, and you have
created a NAN (Neighborhood Area Network). Your neighbors can gleen off your
high-speed internet access with no wire mess. Or you can sit on your porch
with your laptop and read Brinl mail.
Nerd From Hell
A home improvment show had the installers
> running a 3/4 PVC pipe between rooms for any future stuff
> like speaker wires.
>
> The main reason I'm doing this: I have hot water heat, which
> I love, but without the duct work it's hard to have whole
> house AC. A local company has an AC system which uses very
> small ducts. Instead of running them outside of the existing
> inside walls and into closets, which they normally do, I'm
> going for the whole shebang so I can take care of many
> problems at once. (Like the whole house having 3-prong
> outlets, but it's only wired for 2 lines, no ground.)
>
> Kevin T.
> Hammer time
>
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