Re: Home ethernet

I'd recommend putting in Cat 6 or Cat 5e.   1G is generally way more 
than enough inside the home.   Then setting up wifi points is easy 
depending on where everyone will be.   I ran Cat 5e to most every room 
in the house and it has been a godsend for networking needs.

You only need one connection in a room unless you have time/space to run 
more.   These boxes also hold the coax for TV & phone lines.   That's a 
good 4 slots normally in a normal box.   2 Coax, 1 Phone & 1 Ethernet.



On 3/6/2011 7:45 PM, Larry Garfield wrote:
> 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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