Semi-OT: Running CAT5 Cables

From: Daniel T. Burrows <danburrows_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Wed Oct 27 15:57:33 1999

>>Probably should make one thing clear here, as long as it's just the one room
>>and the garage, I plan on simply running one cable and connecting a hub in
>>the house to a hub in the garage.
>
>It's fallen a bit out of fashion in the past few years, but 10Base2
>(50-ohm RG58 Coax) is particularly useful for the "home runs" between
>twisted-pair hubs. Many twisted-pair hubs come with Coax connectors for
>just this purpose.


That is exactly what I do between the office and house. Between buildings is a
little over 300 feet so by the time it goes to the hubs at each end it is easily
400+ feet. From what I recall that is a little over what the 10BaseT spec was.

Considering you have your systems clustered and some are at 100BaseT I would not
even consider using the old phone wire between the hubs. I agree it is a PITA
to pull wire - I had a 4 inch conduit for over a year between the house and the
office before I got around to pulling the thinwire through.

Dan
Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 15:57:33 BST