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In Reply to: Charles Hansen: Power Line Networks, A Lesser Evil? posted by lachesis on March 6, 2007 at 05:40:54:
<< Which is the lesser of 2 evils: wireless or power line? >>I don't know, as I've never tried a power line network.
<< Should I stop being lazy and just hard-wire the home? >>
Yes.
We just moved into a new house. I had a mini-network installed. The (wired) router is in my home office. There are runs to three other rooms using CAT-5 cable. It cost about $250 to have everything installed. (Less than the cost of a decent pair of interconnects!) It's blazingly fast, extremely reliable, and there is no EMI to bother either my audio system or my health.
If you're reasonably handy, you can do it yourself for less than $100. The cable is cheap. You can buy some really slick Leviton modular wall plates at Lowe's or Home Depot for cheap. However, some runs will require specialized tools like fishtape and/or extra-long drill bits.
Good luck, and happy listening!
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Our house was built in the '80s with typical stud-and-drywall construction. The main connector plate was placed in the drywall between studs.- One of the connections was in a bedroom behind that wall and only required a pair of back-to-back connector plates.
- One wire went straight up into the attic (by drilling a hole in the top plate of the wall) across the attic to the kitchen and (after drilling another hole in the top plate of the kitchen wall) down to another wall-mounted connector plate.
- One wire went to a bedroom in the basement. Using the hole for the original connector plate in my office, they drilled a hole in the floor plate of that wall. The wire exited in an unfinished storage room, and was routed to a place where it could connect to the back side of a connector plate of the finished room.
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Class II wiring (PA, intercom, network, doorbell and anything else under 75 volts) can be left unsecured within walls.Even In Chicago!
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What is important about installing CAT5E cable is not to bend it to sharp and definitely do not kink it. Also do not pull on it too hard. Pulling on it too hard will effect the twist characteristics of the twisted pairs.Make up of the jacks is also very important. Do not untwist the pairs more than an 1/2 inch of final make up on the jack. Using the Panduit jacks very little untwisting of the pairs is needed.
It is also important the colored pairs connect to the proper pins of the RJ45 jack. Not all colored twisted pairs of the cable have the same twist per inch. The two pairs that are used in most data applications is the org pair and the green pair.
Pin out (568-B):
(1) wht/org
(2) org
(3) wht/grn
(4) blue
(5) Wht/blu
(6) grn
(7) wht/brown
(8) brown
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> > You can buy some really slick Leviton modular wall plates at Lowe's or Home Depot for cheap. < <
> > > > > > > > > > > >I personally recommend Panduit brand CAT5E mod jacks. The twist of each pair is keep right up to the point of termination.
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