RE: Enough CAT5?

["Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>]

That's the point that I missed entirely from my argument. If I wanted to
flood wire my house with CAT5 it would cost thousands, rather than hundreds
of pounds.

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 September 2001 14:55
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Enough CAT5?
>
>
> Tim,
>
> Agreed.
>
> However, if you are building / seriously renovating, then the marginal
> cost of adding lots of flood-wiring is low, and therefore, in my view,
> it would be worth doing.
>
> I still haven't, however, flood-wired my house with CAT5 ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
>
>
>
> 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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