OT: Home network

[Meir Michanie]

I would like to be more precise, I need to wire an appartment almost 30 years old in which I am moving in.
The apt has an office and six other rooms.
I will have wireless as an untrusted network for mobile devices (laptops,PDAs and guests)
As I use NFS services and I move a lot of data between all my boxes (more than 5 PCs) I prefer wires.
PLC seems to be to slow and now is the time to do major changes to the appartment as once we move in,
things comes more complicate, messy and expensive.

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:45:19AM +0300, geoffrey mendelson wrote:
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> On Jun 22, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Meir Michanie wrote:
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> >Hi List,
> >I would like to know if anyone in the list can give me some advise on
> >network wiring in a house.
> >Does anyone in the list do this kind of work?
> 
> 
> I've done my own and later hired someone to do the work for me. You  
> can save a lot of money if you:

I am willing to pay to a pro that can certify a good job.

> 
> 1. get your own sockets, wire and a "punchdown" aka KRONE (pr crow- 
> neh) tool.
>
I Got it
 
> 2. plan you wiring carefull. Pick a central spot for your router, etc  
> where the shortest runs are needed to get to where you need to go.

This could be tricky:
1. I would like to place the switch in a hidden location (built in closets are an option)
2. Considering a star topology with shortest legs may not always be the easiest place where to place the switch and do the cabling.
3. I was told that it should be possible to run the cables from the outside of the appartment and drilling the external walls in places were I would 
like to place a jack.

I like the last option as it avoids getting messy inside the appartment.

> 
> 3. put in extra wires. unterminated (no jacks) wires are cheap, and  
> it's just as cheap to run 2 or 3 to a spot as 1 except for the wire.

I agree with you
> 
> 4. decide what speed you want. I put in CAT 5 wire and used 2 pair per  
> jack which gives me 100mbit ethernet. gigbit ethernet is actually 4  
> pairs at 250 mbits and you need all 8 cat 6 wires.
>
CAT5 should be fine, but I am scared that in a few years from now I will be sad not having 1G network. Fiber optic may be an option, but I do not 
know how much money could that mean.

 
> 5. tough spots can often be done with wireless networking, but it is  
> slower than wired and less secure. Plan to put your wifi access point  
> if you have one as far as possible from streets, neighbors, etc.
> 
> Geoff.
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> geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
> Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendelson at gmail.com
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