----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Orenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:25 PM Subject: (OT) Rewiring Apartment for Home Network > I am renovating my 3-bedroom aptartment and want to install proper wiring to support interfacing of computers among my bedrooms and the living-room. > I presently have one machine, but expect to get at least one more (for my son) > within a year. > > I have two areas in which I could use guidance: > > 1. What kind of wiring or cables should I have the contractor install, given that > it will run past some air-conditioning machinery? What kind of patch panel or other > arrangement will I need? > > 2. Can you suggest a place in Jerusalem where I can purchase the requisite material > (cables, connectors, etc.) for this project. > > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated, including HOWTOs and tutorials on the > subject. > > Thank you. > > Nathan buy STP or UTP quality cable. you can find those on electronics stores (Kashayof in Kind gorge st. surely has those, but on almost every computers , electornics and even hardware store you can find these cables). it's a cable with 8 wire, 4 pairs. each pair twisted around itself, the STP has just another metallic layer, good for long distance, and to avoid crosstalk. make all the cables from all the rooms come into one place, there you will place the hub. a simple 8 ports hub shouldn't cost more than 50$. you also need RJ45 end points and connector. both can be found in the same places as the cables. for the connectors, you need the thiggie that presses the RJ45 connectors. it's costs about 100 NIS, so don't buy it. the easiest way to avoid buying this is to put the end points really near (less than 1.5 metre) and buy the cables ready. if you really want to press your own cables i can loan this kind of tool. there is a NETWORKING-HOWTO i think, and maybe even ETHERNET-HOTWO.. look at arstechnica.com, i think there is a guide there on this thing exactly. bscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
