i picked the "100ft of cat-5" option because there is over 200ft of cat-5 between my modem and my pc, going through a router and a hub, as well as splitting the connection over 8 ways. surprisingly though, there doesn't seem to be much of a loss, and i cant see how going wireless would be worth it, in fact i would think it could only decrement my speeds (and the wires already go through all the walls anyway, w00t for spending way too much time in the attic)
I have my laptop with 802.11b and my other three computers cabled to the router at home. At the office we have a 3com managed switch 10/100 with cat5e riser cabling.
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited May 2004
802.11b "turbo" on the laptop (22Mbps), the desktops are all 10/100 CAT5-E
LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited May 2004
Cat 5 is strung throughout the attic, servicing three rooms with computers and an XBox Live setup. Yes, I really want a wireless setup. Laying cable and drilling holes in the attic in the humid, hot Georgia summer was so much fun!
Straight_ManGeeky, in my own wayNaples, FLIcrontian
edited May 2004
Lets see, wired:
Why??? Um, riders with lappies and can antennae, neighbors who like free internet, and no more ports than wireless to close.
Wireless is harder to fully secure, and those wireless router\gates that offer the same security that my $34.00 wired router has are much more expensive, plus fact that the NIC needed cost at least 3X as much EACH.
AND, I do not need it for good effective and efficient networking at home. If I lived in a metor area, would be wireless capable, partly to know how to defend that medium from attack, but for now do not need this as the nearest pseudo-metro area barely qualifies for that desigantion in US Census terms and is across a river and about 5 miles north of my house to 25 miles north of my house.
So, cost differences, no effective difference in terms of what I need being well accomplished, and security and cross-media networking tie-in complexities I avoid ALL keep me from using wireless.
My desktop is hardwired through 100 feet of cat5e, even though it really only needs to be about 50 feet. My girlfriends desktop is about 4 feet from the router and is also hardwired, and her new notebook as well as her old one are both running G to my netgear wireless router.
One PC wired directly into the 5 port switch, two others on an b access point with MAC address filtering "allow only" mode. I used to use HPNA but it was getting hard to find equipment. Might upgrade to G this summer if I can get the scratch together.
I have 3 wireless computers (2 Lappys, 1 desktop) and two hardwired (My Desktops). I previously had G until the router got fried somehow, so now I'm on a B just because I had some problems with G. I prefer wired though. Too many problems with wireless.
-> 4x 1000 Mbps CAT-6 wired systems back to Cisco Catalyst 3550-12T GbE Switch (only systems which are GbE capable are installed on this switch.)
-> 4x 100 Mbps CAT-5e wired systems back to D-Link DFE-816 Hub (other 4 systems routed through here)
-> 2x 100 Mbps CAT-5e wired systems back to SMC EZ-Switch. (server cluster routed through here)
All network switching points are cross-linked to eachother.
Ethernet cables are routed to the server cluster in the basement and are run underneath carpet / between baseboard & carpet to their respective systems.
There's no way in hell I could afford that Cisco switch. It's on loan to me until I finish up my CCNA 1, 2, 3 & 4 programs.
2 comps on the Linksys Router & 2 comps on the backup router/switch 50' away
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Mt_GoatHead Cheezy KnobPflugerville (north of Austin)Icrontian
edited May 2004
I'm one of those tacky sorts who has cat5 all over the place including through the hallways and across 1/2 the doorways in the house. I really do suck! :\
I'm all wired. When I first got a networking going in the house, wired was the only way. Wireless was painfully rare, slow, and expensive.
Router -> 5 computers + stand alone color laser printer
Since the wire is run (decently--through the floor), and I have 1,000 ft of CAT5 sitting here, it's not worth spending $60 /card for 4 of the computers away from the router. Plus the new router cost.. not worth it.. not worth it.
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Why??? Um, riders with lappies and can antennae, neighbors who like free internet, and no more ports than wireless to close.
Wireless is harder to fully secure, and those wireless router\gates that offer the same security that my $34.00 wired router has are much more expensive, plus fact that the NIC needed cost at least 3X as much EACH.
AND, I do not need it for good effective and efficient networking at home. If I lived in a metor area, would be wireless capable, partly to know how to defend that medium from attack, but for now do not need this as the nearest pseudo-metro area barely qualifies for that desigantion in US Census terms and is across a river and about 5 miles north of my house to 25 miles north of my house.
So, cost differences, no effective difference in terms of what I need being well accomplished, and security and cross-media networking tie-in complexities I avoid ALL keep me from using wireless.
W-P-A.
One phrase:
MAC filtering.
Is it just me or does it look like a 5 year old wrote the paragraph in the picture you posted?
2 desktops 802.11a
1 lappy 802.11a
1 lappy 802.11b
Consequently, I don't know which box to check!
Oddly enough, I get much better range through the "a" lappy than the "b" lappy. I thought it should be the other way around, but there it is!
(4) wired to hub-->router/switch (desktops)
(1) 802.11g wireless (laptop)
One desktop (work system) is on a DS3. For work use only.
The other desktop is on router/cable modem
-> 4x 100 Mbps CAT-5e wired systems back to D-Link DFE-816 Hub (other 4 systems routed through here)
-> 2x 100 Mbps CAT-5e wired systems back to SMC EZ-Switch. (server cluster routed through here)
All network switching points are cross-linked to eachother.
Ethernet cables are routed to the server cluster in the basement and are run underneath carpet / between baseboard & carpet to their respective systems.
There's no way in hell I could afford that Cisco switch. It's on loan to me until I finish up my CCNA 1, 2, 3 & 4 programs.
2 comps on the Linksys Router & 2 comps on the backup router/switch 50' away
I ran the wire under the baseboard and through the corners of the wall from room-to-room.
In a previous house I dropped the wires out of the windows to go from floor-to-floor. I've got my dad set up the same way right now.
Router -> 5 computers + stand alone color laser printer
Since the wire is run (decently--through the floor), and I have 1,000 ft of CAT5 sitting here, it's not worth spending $60 /card for 4 of the computers away from the router. Plus the new router cost.. not worth it.. not worth it.