On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 11:33:42AM -0600, Austad, Jay wrote: > Where's the cheapest place to buy ethernet wall jacks? In town would > be best, but online is fine too. Cheapest? Not sure. Never went "shopping" for them. I just go to Home Depot. They sell the modular plugins. Perhaps a bit more than you want to spend, but they're nice quailty and very flexible. > Also, instead of running a big bundle of cat 6 up to my attic, can I > just put a cross connect panel on each end and run a 100 pair in > between? I don't think I have enough room to run as many separate > cables as I would like. Where would I get a 100 pair cable? I know > they make them, but short of ripping one out of the ceiling here at > work, I don't know where to find them. Look to telco providers for that kind of thing. Gr[ae]ybar might be able to help. If you're going to go that route, they would also have wall plates/jacks for you, as well as punchdowns and open/wall-mount racks. Remember to get your hands on a cable snake (similar to a plumber's snake). Why not consider going wireless if it's going to be that much of a hassle? By the time you get done working on this wired project, you could have invested you time in something a bit more worthwhile. Or, just wire up each room you need access from with one jack, then use a switch/hub from there to get more access points per room. I suppose the first question should have been, "Are you building a house?" In which case, run all the cable you need! Go crazy! Hell, I'd even run fiber, just to be insane! Anyway, enough blathering..time to get back to work. -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> | a.k.a. ^chewie http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr Key fingerprint = B4AB D627 9CBD 687E 7A31 1950 0CC7 0B18 206C 5AFD -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011112/2f6bad72/attachment.pgp