Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-10-01 Thread Beni Cherniavksy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I wasn't clear but I was reffering to the cables ONLY. Putting new cables will be one thing you'd wish not to have to go through yet again, you can still stick the run of the mill 10/100Mbit switches to their end, but one day, not too far in the future (my take -

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-10-01 Thread Beni Cherniavksy
Ez-Aton wrote: I would second that. Check MPG compression rate, and you'll get the details as to the transfer rate required. 1Gb/s is overkill for home usage, especially when home computers still tend to be limited by the PCI b/w, which enforces a sum of up to 133MB/s for all PCI

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-27 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Ez-Aton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1Gb/s is overkill for home usage, especially when home computers still tend to be limited by the PCI b/w, which enforces a sum of up to 133MB/s for all PCI interfaces. I am sorry, but this is misleading. PCIe is here, with (pulling from memory, too lazy to

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-27 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 09:29:25AM +, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: I don't see another relevant question discussed here: How about not laying cables at all? Having everything wireless? Pros and cons? Has anyone here done it recently? I have both. There are cons to the wireless side, I'll discuss

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-27 Thread Amos Shapira
On 27 Sep 2005 09:29:25 +, Oleg Goldshmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I doubt that you can go into a neighbourhood computer store today and buy a non-Gbps NIC. It does not make much sense to me to lay less than Gbps cables today, unless - and I haven't checked - the prices are drastically

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-26 Thread Ehud Karni
On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:20:56 +0100, Baruch Even [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you intend to have the storage in one machine and view a movie on another having 1Gbps network would help. It's not critical but it will help. That is a gross exaggeration. The typical movie is just about 1Mbit/s and

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-26 Thread Ez-Aton
I would second that. Check MPG compression rate, and you'll get the details as to the transfer rate required. 1Gb/s is overkill for home usage, especially when home computers still tend to be limited by the PCI b/w, which enforces a sum of up to 133MB/s for all PCI interfaces. It means that

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-26 Thread Amos Shapira
On 9/27/05, Ehud Karni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:20:56 +0100, Baruch Even [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you intend to have the storage in one machine and view a movie on another having 1Gbps network would help. It's not critical but it will help. That is a gross

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-25 Thread Erez D
On 9/23/05, Alexander Indenbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,I'm just finishing major shiputz at my home and now it is time torun home network wiring.From topology point of view, one of the rooms is designated asserver/communication room. In the communication room there will be cable connection to

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-25 Thread Baruch Even
Alexander Indenbaum wrote: I'd like to remind you that modern PC hardware could not utilize 1G bandwidth network - it really can't in most cases :) There is neither enough CPU horse power nor enough memory bandwidth. That is why I doubt that 1G Ethernet technology is ready for deployment as my

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-25 Thread amos
On 9/25/05, Alexander Indenbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/24/05, Amos Shapira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/23/05, Alexander Indenbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/23/05, Maxim Kovgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may consider Gigabit network infrastructure - i.e. buy Cat6 cables.

[OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-23 Thread Alexander Indenbaum
Hi, I'm just finishing major shiputz at my home and now it is time to run home network wiring. From topology point of view, one of the rooms is designated as server/communication room. In the communication room there will be cable connection to the Internet with Unix router/nat server. All other

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-23 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:46:07PM +0300, Alexander Indenbaum wrote: Here are my questions: 1. Where do I buy communication gear: a. a lot of unpressed raw Ethernet cable I can only speak for Jerusalem, Kashayoff on King George has wires and sockets. Home Center often has the sockets at a

RE: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-23 Thread Tzahi Fadida
Luck. Regards, tzahi. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Indenbaum Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 1:46 PM To: IGLU Subject: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network Hi, I'm just finishing major shiputz at my home

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-23 Thread Alexander Indenbaum
On 9/23/05, Maxim Kovgan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:46:07PM +0300, Alexander Indenbaum wrote: Hi, I'm just finishing major shiputz at my home and now it is time to run home network wiring. From topology point of view, one of the rooms is designated as

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-23 Thread Alexander Indenbaum
TOPIC] Wiring up home network Hi, I'm just finishing major shiputz at my home and now it is time to run home network wiring. From topology point of view, one of the rooms is designated as server/communication room. In the communication room there will be cable connection

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-23 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:46:07PM +0300, Alexander Indenbaum wrote: Hi, I'm just finishing major shiputz at my home and now it is time to run home network wiring. From topology point of view, one of the rooms is designated as server/communication room. In the communication room there

Re: [OFF TOPIC] Wiring up home network

2005-09-23 Thread Peter
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Alexander Indenbaum wrote: As for pressing - either use the machine in the store or order ready to use cables. As for the cards - make sure the giga card supports linux and jumbo frames. I'm not sure I could press it in the store: I should put wires in the wall tubes,