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RE: Enough CAT5?


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  • Subject: RE: Enough CAT5?
  • From: "Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:28:22 +0100
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 September 2001 14:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Enough CAT5?

Wired LAN point will always be cheaper/faster/more-secure/more-reliable than wireless Tim.
 
Also - you need CAT5 for so many other things too - curtain control, IR distribution etc.
 
M.
 
The new WLAN technologies will be 100Mb+, and due next year. Windows XP supports RADIUS for both wired and wireless network security which encrypts every packet at the OS level so there's no need for the cards themselves to offer it (It is like running a VPN on your local network).
 
If the Marantz RC-5200 (?) has sufficient range, then IR distribution is taken care of.
 
I already have curtain control through X10.
 
I realise that in order to do it today you need CAT5, but I don't think it will be necessary in a couple of years.
 
Just an opinion....
 
Tim.

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