At 12:05 -0500 03/27/2002, Alan Kim wrote:
>(Another consideration is I am getting the Cat-5 and RG-6 stuff free.). >A friend has run the older stuff all over his three-story house and is >also wondering if he should yank them out and run newer stuff before the >walls are closed in. >I'll do a web-search in the meantime. Not quite the advice you're looking for, but some that might be useful: Anywhere you or your friend is thinking of pulling one cable, pull two or even four. You always end up needing more cable. Cable is cheap compared to the effort to install it and it is just as much effort to pull one cable strand as it is to pull two or four or even eight. You don't have to terminate the extra cables (the connectors are the real cost) you can just leave the loose ends behind the wall plates for later use, but having that extra cable in place will pay off in the long run. Places in my house where I put four jacks on a wall plate are already using three of the four jacks in some cases. On the other hand, I ran cat. 5 everywhere but I run both the home network and the telephone lines on the system. So where three jacks are used, some are used for network and some for telephone. The nice thing about putting the phone lines on the cabling is that I can change the locations of extensions or add extensions just by moving a patch cord in the wiring closet. RJ11 plugs workin RJ45 jacks just fine. I too am interested in the answer to your original question. I ran Cat. 5 and RG-6 about four years ago before the new stuff was really on the radar. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Processors, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
