Vic Boersma had the following to say about Ethernet cabling (my
comments have been added in parentheses.
Ron Fotino
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Subject: Re: Ethernet Compliance
Author: "Victor L. Boersma" <102126....@compuserve.com> at !INTERNET
List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org
Date: 5/28/96 10:33 PM
You're asking an unaswerable question, in my opinion.
(1) Many buildings are prewired and can't handle any more wire, you've got to
make do with
what is there, or make rewiring part of the contract. You're not likely going
to be the lowest bidder on the job, if you do.
(However, if this is true, the premise wiring is likely to be Cat. 3
which won't support 100Base-T. That means re-wiring becomes a
necessity. Premise wiring with available drops is the absolute best
way to go; if it hasn't been done yet and is part of the job, Cat. 5
is quite useful and not extremely expensive.)
(2) If the people who do the wiring know what they are doing, you can have very
good results
using either coax or CAT 5. If the people doing the wiring don't know what they
are doing,
they are likely going to make a mess out of either. Believe me, I have seen
people making
a horrible mess out of either.
(3) You have not mentionned running fiber ????
(Fiber is extremely expensive compared to UTP.)
(4) You have not mentionned doing a wireless distribution ????
(Wireless is also very expensive, limited in coverage area, and not usable in
every country/region.)
I suggest you take a building distribution specialist group on to discuss this
further. I have
included a number of my friends of that persuasion in the distribution.
Regards,
Vic Boersma
