On Tuesday 18 November 2003 01:59, lee wrote: > Sorry to get off topic but I need to re-wire my DSL connection at > home here and need to buy some phone wire and am curious if there is > a good/better/best type of wire I should purchase..will be a direct > run to my modem going about 100' or so from my box..
I wired my home and my parent's home with Cat 5 Shielded Twisted Pair. That made it possible to run 100 MBits/s Ethernet through all the cables. It was quite straightforward, but you need a punchdown tool to terminate the cables. They're not too expensive, but I was fortunate enough to be able to loan the tool from the Institute where I studied. Also, it came in a 100 meter roll, so once I bought that, I might as well use it all... In retrospect, I would have bought unshielded, though. For a shielded cable to be of any use, you must ground the shield, and the termination points must be connected to the shield. Termination points that allow this are more expensive, and I didn't get around to ground it anyway. I think I would recommend this setup to others, Cat5 unshielded twisted pair. Best, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
