[plug] wiring a house

[Eric S]

tim wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 17:10 +0800, J Michael Gilks wrote:
> 
> 
>> Looking on the net seems to show Cat5E is OK if all 8 wires are
>> connected, but I would like opinions on whether this is OK or should I go
>> for Cat6. Also any idea of the cost difference.
> 
> I asked about the price a few weeks ago Auslec (SP?)  It was abt $80 for
> a 305m roll of cat 5e and abt $300 for a roll of cat6.

OK I might be showing my age but we always considered coax 
(ie 10Base2/10Base5)to be cat 6.
So I just looked it up and your right.
But while I was looking I found these which the OP asked about.

http://www.linux.ie/articles/tutorials/networking.php
http://www.netday.org/install.htm
combined with AS should be a help.

Cheers

-- 
Eric S