On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 09:26:05PM -0600, Yaron wrote: > Hey all, > > Well I'm finally going to have a house, and I'm thinking that wiring the > place up would be a better idea than running cable over the place, and > bulk cable/crimpers/jacks are cheaper than TWO wireless NICs and can > serve a whole buttload of machines. > > So, anyone have any advice, such as good places to get bulk cable, whether > I should spend more on cat6 rather than 5e or 5, whether I should get > patch panels or just some switches, if I should consider running anything > except ethernet, etc? > I always go to an electrical distributor (ie graybar, viking, border states, ... ). 1000' of cat5 is usually ~$60 and the patch cords are much less than the best buys and comp usas. In my next house I'm gonna run a gutter behind the base trim in every room so cable upgrades and additions will be easier. -- ------ Marc A. Ohmann marc at ds6.net ------ Digital Solutions, Inc. ------ | | .~. | | - Internet Hosting | /V\ L I N U X | | - Application Programming | // \\ | | - Network Administration | /( )\ Solution Provider | | | ^^-^^ | -----------<a href="http://ds6.net">Digital Solutions, Inc</a>-----------