Re: Do I really need CAT5?

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Course it was friendly! 

 

My points to Tim were -

 

A. It's so simple and cheap to do while you're building you'd be mad not to.

 

B. I also recounted a story where a mate came round with his beutiful new Dell laptop with builtin 802.11b.  He started to copy a 700 meg file off my server but the "time remaining" came to 59 minutes!  The laptop only had about 15 mins left on it's batteries, but by plugging into the wired LAN point in my AV room the file copied in FIVE minutes.

 

C. Other things that need cable - IR. curtains, heating, phones, alarm etc etc.

 

M.

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Timothy Morris

To: UKHA

Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 8:42 AM

Subject: [ukha_d] Do I really need CAT5?

I got into a friendly (well I think it was friendly!) debate with Mark on Messenger last night regarding CAT5 in my new home.

 

I don’t think I need it, he thinks I should put it in anyway.

 

Bearing in mind the long dimension is likely to be 10-15 metres and on a single floor.

 

I use wireless LAN for networking

I’ve got a cordless PBX

I’m going to buy a new Marantz RC5200 with RF-IR module

I’ve got no need for whole house audio

 

I’m going to install shed loads of LD-11s plus Touchlincs and Homeseer (I may buy a Homevision, but due to problems linking it into my plasma I’ll only do it if Homeseer isn’t up to the job) for lighting and curtain control.

 

Can anyone think of good pratical uses for CAT5 in my particular case?

 

Two on topic posts in two days – that must be a record.

 

Tim.

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