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RE: Enough CAT5?


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  • Subject: RE: Enough CAT5?
  • From: "Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:49:48 +0100
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>  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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