Greg, Allen, Jeff and All, Now you have us interested in Ethernet wiring!
We had the Electric Service updated on our really old house last year. (You only get to call it something cute like Historic or Victorian when you have finished fixing it up.) Ron, being a retired electrical engineer/motor designer has been doing a lot of the internal wiring himself. Hmmm... computer connections in every room. Now we're talking. Jeff's mention of a "wiring closed" got me thinking. Does ethernet wiring, such as Cat-5 degrade if run through a couple of junction boxes? Our old house has primarily brick walls, inside and out. Ron was able to rewire the first floor electric from the basement. He planned to redo the second floor electric by building a small chase from the basement to the attic, and running wires in the chase. Then rewire second floor rooms from the attic. Pulling a continuous cable that distance would require more physical strength than humanly possible. Does anybody know... If we did a couple of junction boxes are we degrading the service? And, what kinds of interference do you get it you run electrical, phone and Cat-5 in the same conduit? I already pick up both kinds of music (country and western) on the computer's speakers late at night. Don't wish to add top 40 too. Appreciate comments. Nancy > Gregory wrote: > > Yes you can and will need the Cat-5(E) and you will need a gigabit ethernet switch. > Which, now that I looked at some prices, are not as pricey as I had thought they >were. > > I also whole-heartedly concur with Jeff Walther's suggestion re: just pulling more > wire, even if you can't use it now, you may well find it useful in the future. > > Alan wrote: > > > > The new Apple G4 machines come with gigabit ethernet capability. I suppose in >order > > to take advantage of this, and my friend now has two G4 towers, he should go ahead >and > > swap in the Cat-5 E cables. Does that sound right to you ? -- 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
