Help With Cat 5 Wiring
We have the house installed with cat 5 wires to all the rooms. BUT the question is: HOW DO YOU CONNECT YOUR MODEM AND FEED THE WHOLE HOUSE AND GIVE EVERYONE A INTERNET CONNECTION???? The electrician who did the work does not do it says its tricky, any suggestions?
We have the house installed with cat 5 wires to all the rooms. BUT the question is: HOW DO YOU CONNECT YOUR MODEM AND FEED THE WHOLE HOUSE AND GIVE EVERYONE A INTERNET CONNECTION????
The electrician who did the work does not do it says its tricky, any suggestions?
I just wanted to follow this “old” thread up with this info:
WIRE IS STILL KING!!!!
Read on:
http://newteevee.com/2010/06/30/the-successor-to-hdmi-all-your-video-through-cat6/
So, while wireless might be ok… why would the big guys invest in a new WIRED standard if wire was going the way of the dodo?
how do you “SUCK IT?” *just being snarky… no hard feelings….
definitely wire for cat 5 Ringo – and while you’re at it pull some FIBER!! This is, of course, the future.
antidope: That maybe the full speed, but its not actual speed. 1gb ethernet doesn’t run at full 1gb with overhead.
eh: you are only considering that your connection to the outside world is 15 mps. and while that maybe the primary pathway for you, if you have a home server, its not.
Transfer between computers is also a very important aspect of what needs to be done, if not now, in the future.
You have also negelected to make any mention of cross-talk, interference, sercurty or the possible medical implications in wireless communications.
And perhaps 5gb is on the small size… What about backing up a 500 gb harddrive across a network? Transfering the new 3d Movies on Blu-ray?
What happens when you want to watch two different videos on two differnt TV/Computers over the same HUB?
As you say, Wired is not the ONLY way to go, but if the walls are open, the cost increase is small.
It also sounds like you have a good network. We have G routers and I need two of them to cover our Brownstone, and guess what I needed to run BETWEEN Those two wireless hubs? A WIRE…..and guess how I needed to run that wire? Outside the house to avoid opening up the walls – Go figure.
So, I’ll end my side here. I don’t disagree with you, wireless has its place. And please forward any reaserach that finds a wireless network perferable to a wired one, given the CHOICE.
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/homenetworking/a/homewiredless.htm
And from 2008:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/wired-vs-wireless-security-vs-speed/624
(they both bring up issues I hadn’t even considered, like gaming. However, they also bring up security as a really big issue)
boerumite:
Not sure what your asking for help with here? If you have a TV or other device that is “internet ready”, then plug it in. Otherwise the Wires are there if you want to use them for a computer or other ethernet stuff. You can add a home server, Sonos music player, NAS storage…
‘dope, it’s a no-brainer to wire the house with Cat5/6 if the walls are open. I did it myself, it was probably a few hundred bucks, almost nothing in the scheme of things. Copper does not prevent you from using wireless down the road. Looks good when you sell the house…
new wireless routers run 300+ mps. i’m no expert but that’s about 1 g every 3 seconds. so 5 g takes 15 seconds. i can handle the wait.
time warner cable delivers internet at 15 mps (dsl is slower even), so i don’t see how the wireless router underperforms copper except for data swapping.
im sure some folks actually do need faster file transfer rates, but i’m willing to bet that more folks investing in the wires are being sold an unnecessary bill of goods by their electricians and/or infotech relative and/or copper mining stockbrokers.
Everyone’s situation is different whyrl. I can simultaneously stream netflix and download gigs of porn on my wireless network. Copper is good for a lot of thing but its not required to do “real work”.
I bought a house wired for cat 5 and have no idea how to use the functionality. Frankly, I connected a router to the cable modem and wi-fi is functional over the entire house – use laptops and connect USB to the printer – works as needed.
Can anyone pls offer how one might utilize the capability: video/TV streaming, speed, etc.
Slightly off topic so apologies.
Antidope…
I hate to say it, but yes you are WRONG….
We have a small home office, with three computers & a server and if everything is running wirelessly, we have MAJOR slow downs.
As you said, your not a bandwidth user.
Wireless doesn’t hold a candle to gigabit ethernet…
It might be fine for streaming, because that is just using the bytes as they arrive, but think of this another way:
You have music/video on one computer and you want to copy it to another…. that 5GB file is going to take FOREVER to move on an wireless connection, even in an ideal situation, never mind when you put walls and such in the way.
You also make the assumption that all devices have the same “fast” wireless interface and they are secure, but this is not so.
Bottom line, a wire in the wall will be faster now and in the future. Wired telephones are still in use today, running on the same wires installed 25 years ago.
I venture to say that the wireless you are using now, and all the money you spent, will be out of date in 3-5 years.
And perhaps even illegal (look up what the FCC did to the wireless spectrum and professional audio).
Add to that the fact that the “airwaves” are increasingly crowded…That copper in the wall will still be good & Secure!
My opinion is that Copper is the ONLY way to go when you can, keep the wireless for when you can’t.
I won’t even bring up the medical concerns with all these wireless devices in our living spaces. What do you do when we find out they cause some problems? Back to copper I assume…..
(there I have said enough…. Please note, I do respect that you have your opinion and progress is great and has it’s place… I do read on my laptop in the backyard and in bed, but when I want to do “real work” I need a wire.)
@Ringo: If it’s not much money, I’d say go for it, but see if you can get CAT-6 instead… it’s backwards comparable but designed for higher speeds (gigabit). The nice thing about CAT-5/6 cable is that it’s backwards with CAT-3 cable (telephone) as well and you can (if wired correctly) have a single jack that is wired and live for both internet and phone. Plus as more devices become internet connected and streaming video becomes a bigger deal, it’s nice to have a channel for that data to stream around your house without going over wireless.