Also, most people recommend dedicating a closet that you can access for switching and wiring purposes, but I just have my Netgear switch in the attic, and it seems to be operating correctly over the past 2 years that I've had my house in all weather conditions. I don't want to bust holes in any closets.
If you've never made a cable before, make sure to print out crimping instructions. You'll also need a punch down tool along with wallplates and jacks (I bought the Levitron stuff from Home Depot. Dunno if that stuff would be cheaper ordering, I know cable is). On 4/25/07, Andrew Baudouin <andrewmb at gmail.com> wrote: > > You could save around $20 by ordering it in 1000 foot quantities. I > recommend going ahead and getting the 1000 foot spool, especially if you > find yourself making a lot of patch cables on top of the main wiring. > > On 4/25/07, michael dolan <michaeldolan at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'd like to wire my house with cat-5. Can anyone recommend a good > > (cheap) place locally to buy a few hundred feet of cat-5? Should I just > > order it? > > I also have no experience running cable, but seems like it should be > > fairly easy. Anyone have any good tips? > > > > -- > > Michael Dolan > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20070425/8ddd92b4/attachment.html
