SOLVED - Re: [plug] home cat5 issues

[Adrian Chadd]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008, Gavin Chester wrote:

> PS: My problems all arose because of my ambitions to have the
> flexibility of having 4 separate cables available for my 4-port router
> in any room in teh house. This was so I could reposition the router
> (changing the locus of the 'star') without destroying the network as
> need changed due to renovations.

16 port 10/100 switches aren't expensive; I'd really, really suggest
running lengths of cat5 back to a central point.

I'm about to go through this experience as I want cat5e points in most
of the rooms in the house and $100 got me an old 24-port managed
dlink switch.




Adrian

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