You should also decide what quality cable you want, catagory 3 for 10mb/sec
or cat 5 for 100mb/sec . The cables should terminate to a "patch panel" (you
can actually skip this part if you really want-but you said you want a
"proper intsallation") from which you run cables into you hub or switch.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ereli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Nathan Orenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: (OT) Rewiring Apartment for Home Network
>
> ----- 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.
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