Re: RG6 to RJ45

["bruceR" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Looks like a good solution BUT, before you spend the money, try running
whatever it is you'll be doing over the Cat 3 and see if you're satisfied
with the performance.
 One of my homes is wired with Cat3 meant just for telephone jacks. I got
"lucky" as this was the model home and builder's office and they needed 3
phone lines. The other homes got standard 2 pair IW.  Having only one phone
line here, I use two pair to run ethernet from a 1st floor router to a
ReplayTV on the 3d floor. I have two other ReplayTVs connected with 5e that
I ran myself. Watching the 3d Floor ReplayTV on the first floor TV yields
exactly the same quality as I get from the others connected with 5e.  So, at
least in this particular instance, I have full motion video running on Cat 3
successfully.


dpw <dpw168@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm eating my share of crow this morning.  After more research on the
> Multinet site I came across a higher bandwidth solution:
>
> http://www.multilet.us/WhitePapers/IPTV.htm
>
>
> dpw wrote:
>> Reply to my own post after checking out Multinet product:
>>
>> Still have bandwidth issue because looks like specs are only up to
>> 10/Mbps.  So not a good solution for this situation.  Definitely
>> could be viable for other applications sucha as retrofit in multiple
>> dwelling building.
>>
>> Thanks everyone for your replies!  Appreciate the opinions and
>> advice.
>>
>>
>> dpw wrote:
>>> Bruce,
>>>
>>> Appreciate the reply.  I agree that the Cat3 would likely work fine
>>> for most apps especially just some browsing of Internet and similar.
>>> However, this is a new high-end house and it really should have been
>>> wired to even future specs. (I would have gone with Cat6.)  Have no
>>> idea what the homeowner will want to use the network for in the
>>> future.
>>>
>>> We are beginning to load up the "internal" network infrastructure
>>> with so many new things these days, if I was this homeowner that ec
>>> would certainly be told to find a way to replace all that Cat3.
>>> This is a BIG problem we are seeing out there: ec's and others that
>>> don't understand networks.  Not all; some are excellent.  But the
>>> ones that don't know what they are doing need to stay away from it
>>> just as those of us that do low-voltage stay away from the high-
>>> voltage.
>>>
>>> Brett in this thread gave me the link to the product I had seen
>>> advertised. Not sure of the throughput and cost but certainly will
>>> look into it.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for your response.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> bruceR wrote:
>>>> I'm willing to bet that the throughput on the Cat3, particularly
>>>> for the short distances involved in a residence will be higher
>>>> than what will come out of any converter.  The contractor
>>>> shouldn't be let off the hook though. I'd make him pull the Cat 5e
>>>> in or write a healthy check.  As for the use of the Cat3, if there
>>>> actually WAS a noticeable difference in throughput, he could
>>>> always use 802.11g wireless.
>>>>
>>>> Years ago, we had a T1 line in our office. The telco made a big
>>>> deal about cable quality and even pulled a new riser 10 floors to
>>>> serve the T1.  When we moved the office to the 6th floor, the
>>>> telco wanted a ton of money to relocate the equipmet so, instead,
>>>> we dropped some Cat 3 (because it was handy) down the four floors,
>>>> hooked the T1 to it and it ran just fine.  My point here is that
>>>> while the contractor definitely screwed up and should be made to
>>>> fix or repair the problem, Cat 3 will perform beyond the published
>>>> spec and should be given a chance since it's already there.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Brett Crapser" <cmdrcody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>>>> message news:g6uf24-bg9.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> dpw <dpw168@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Appreciate the reply.  Checked with blackbox earlier today and
>>>>>> they say they do not have a solution.  Homeowner says he isn't
>>>>>> going to accept the Cat3 and is telling ec that either he finds
>>>>>> a solution or is going to be fishing a lot new wire.  I think
>>>>>> the throughput on these media converters from RG6 to RJ45 was
>>>>>> good.  Unfortunately still cannot find company that had them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You could try  www.multilet.us  it lets you use the RF and the
>>>>> Ethernet. I just a outlet box in size too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brett