RE: Enough CAT5?

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

>  The new WLAN technologies will be 100Mb+, and due next year.  

 

But cable can do 1Ghz!  Wireless is always going to be playing catch up.

 

> 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).

 

Cable will still be more secure

 

>  If the Marantz RC-5200 (?) has sufficient range, then IR distribution is taken care of. 

 

A good option for a one room setup, but not really a replacement for a hard-wired multi zone IR system. 

 

 > I already have curtain control through X10. 

 

Which requires cables!  :-) 

 

>  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.

 

Yep...this may be the case for SOME things (like LAN points).  But like I said, hardwired will always be cheaper/more-reliable etc etc.

 

 M.

  

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