On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Walter L. Preuninger II wrote: : I will soon be moving into a 32' x 58' 'manufactured' house. It is a 3 : bedroom, with 1 room being 'the computer room'. I have several questions : concerning the wiring for phone and networking. : : Using cat 5 cable, should I run 1 run for voice, and 1 for data? Or can I : use 4 & 5 for the voice. I want to run 10/100.
Use seperate cables for data and phone. Phone doesn't have to be CAT 5 if cost is an issue. : Should this/these be in pvc or metal conduit? Should the cat 5 be of : shielded variety? Should the phone connection demark be in the same area as : the data termination points? Hmm ... not my area of expertise. However, I think interior conduit could be wahtever is most cost effective. I don't believe you need shielded cable inside, either. Most newer homes I've seen have a punchdown block for phone, a cable TV splitter, and a CAT 5 patch panel all in the same location, usually somewhere near the junction box. That way everything's in the same location. You're probably going to want to mount a hub or switch in this location, or your CAT 5 cable is fairly useless. : I would really like to have atleast 2 walls in each room of the house : covered for voice and data. Cost is of some concern, but my employeer will : cover the cost of the cable. : : Between the house and the office (<300ft) we have an electrical line in pvc : in a ditch. The will be wiring me up to work, and need to know if I: : : need to look at fiber or is it fibre? ;) : Does a cat 5 or enhanced cat 5 cable need to be shielded and in a seperate : conduit? Now I'm losing you ... how exactly are you connecting data-wise to your employer? Some fiber solution? Cable modem? DSL? With cable modem or DSL, the way to go is to place the "modem" device in your demarc room - on top of the Ethernet switch is a good place! It's then a simple matter of plugging the "modem" into the switch, and you're ready to go (though some cable modem services require a proxy between the "modem" and the switch if you're using more than four devices - our cable modem service works this way, for example. I believe many DSL services have similar limits). Otherwise it would appear your employer has som alternate access mechanism in mind. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
