Re: Home ethernet

Plenum grade shielded Cat 6 should do just fine. It's not inexpensive, but
not as bad as Cat 7.

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W. Scott Lockwood III 

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Larry Garfield
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 7:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LUNI] Home ethernet

Greetings, geeks.

I have recently purchased a house (I'm still in shock), and having some
renovations done before I move in.  One I am strongly considering is adding
ethernet wiring in key locations, on the grounds that the electrician is
already there messing around inside the walls so I may as well.  

Has anyone else done this before?  Any major warnings about what not to do?

I'm also debating the cable grade to use.  On the one hand, I figure I
should go for the highest grade available so that I don't have to do this
again, which would be Cat 7.  However, as I understand it Cat 7 is still
quite expensive for the wire itself, and according to Wikipedia at least is
not as big a leap over Cat 5 or Cat 6 as it's marketed as:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_7_cable

My understanding had been that Cat 6 wasn't truly standardized, just a
marketing term, but Wikipedia again disagrees there:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_6

I've long since given up being a networking geek and moved on to being a web
programming geek, so I'm a bit out of my element here.  Any advise or
experience anyone has to share would be most appreciated.

--Larry Garfield
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