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Jeremy and Tom
This is quite an interesting area.
I have cabled my house (fairly modern type). I found the best way was to run
Cat5 down the outside walls from the roof and then back to a cupboard in the
laundry.
I then built a shelf in the upper half of the cupboard.
Above the shelf I created a mini MDF using small Krone strips and a 16 port
Cat5 patch panel.
The patch panel serves as the distribution point for 4 dual Cat5 runs and
also a 4 port multiple that is tied to the phone Krone. This then allows
patching the phone to any of the outlets, and 4 times.
I have also installed ADSL and a router/switch. Juts by turning on the power
to the router and PC in the house automatically connects to the net.
The concept is also obviously scalable and could be modified by using Cat5
outlest rather than a panel. You can also keep the old Telecom cabling which
I have connected back to the Krone through a tie cable.
Greg Hutchison
ACT

"Jeremy Lunn" <spammers-will-die@austux.net> wrote in message
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> In article <3BF3218C.5D455394@tomw.net.au>, Tom Worthington wrote:
> > My project was a non-profit one about setting up a home to be
> > comfortable to use for IT work. Regardless of the networking technology
> > used to reach the home you will still need a desk in a comfortable spot
> > to work at, with cables in easy to get locations but not where you can
> > trip over them. The idea was to see how to do this at low cost.
>
> Most modern buildings are a PITA to cable once they are finished (it's
> not a problem when there's no plaster on the wall!).  I live in a
> building now that has a victorian style house at the front and a modern
> extension at the back.  In the old part I can get cables into any part
> of the wall where I want them.  In the new part I've only been able to
> get them where there are things like old speaker cables in the wall if
> there's enough roof space above.
>
> I guess the main difference is raised floors and concrete slabs.  Anyway
> cabling will eventually become I thing of the past I hope.  I don't want
> to have to plug my laptop into a LAN each time I want to use the net.
>
> And shouldn't a modern a modern broadband connected house have things
> like LCD display on the microwave to watch tv and use the web or
> anything else?  And IP connectivity in the toaster? etc.
>
> --
> Jeremy Lunn
> Melbourne, Australia
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