> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Jorgensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phillip Hellewell wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 03:28:21PM -0600, Soren Harward wrote: > > > >>I'm looking to wire up my new house, so I need to buy a large box > >>(100M or so) of CAT5 to go with the ends and crimper I already > >>have. Does anyone have a good suggestion of where to get some? > > > > > > Why not go wireless? > > > Seriously. Wireless is a really great thing. My wife practically > made me get wireless because she didn't want the house cluttered > with cables. > > Wireless comes pretty cheap these days too. Check out NewEgg for > example: > http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=802.11b or > JustDeals: > http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/wirnetprod1.html > > You could probably save yourself a heap of trouble by just using > wireless and seriously 11Mb aint bad, heck 2Mb is pretty good. You'd > be surprised how rare it is to saturate 100Mb, especially in a > residential situation.
I have both wired (100 Mbit) and wireless (11) at home, and for most purposes the wireless works great. There are a couple of limitations, though: - Large file transfers (ISOs, large numbers of digital camera pictures, etc) are (obviously) much better over the 100 Mbit wired. - Network gaming works OK with one or two computers on wireless, but with any more than that, the network slows down to the point where the game is unplayable. I prefer to stick with my current hybrid solution (wired for the desktops, wireless for the laptop), at least until I get up the ambition to open up the walls and run CAT5 everywhere :) ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
