At 10:41 AM 10/27/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of any sources of info on the net anywhere on running a
>network between various rooms in a house? I'm wanting to run a line
>capable of handling 100BaseT from the house out to the garage, and probably
>a couple other rooms in the house. It is past time to move most of the VMS
>cluster out to the Garage, and tie in the parts already out there :^)
Depends on how neat you want it :) Your (fill-in-blank,i.e wifey) probably
won't like the exposed wire-in-the-hallway look, so I'd recommend putting
them in the walls, or using paintable on-wall wiring conduit and boxes in
the room corners.
Pick a centralized location for your hub, and home-run all the wires there.
Physically running network cable ain't no different than running phone wire,
you're gonna get dirty in the attic or the crawlspace.
For in-wall work, knowledge of how your house is built, a stud finder,
battery powered drill, and an electricians fish tape will speed the
installation process.
Avoid outside walls with insulation in them.
My personal common sense preference is to not have sharp right angle bends
turning corners, and don't run the wires parallel with electrical cables.
Since wire is cheap, you might consider running multiple cables to each
outlet.
Don't direct terminate with a RJ45 plug - its not worth the hassle and
your cable always ends up short. Use jacks and outlet boxes/plates.
In the past, I've used both Panduit no-tools jacks and 110 punchdown.
The Panduit is definitely faster and easier.
Lance.
Lance Costanzo Advant, Inc. 1-800-824-8418
lance_at_advantinc.com Support Solutions for HP Systems
http://www.advantinc.com
Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 14:42:04 BST