Comment More observations (Score 1) 730
I had the builder of my house run cat5, and it was something of a mstake for the following reasons.
First, the electricians didn't know the difference between running cat5 for phone service versus for ethernet. So the first time through, they ran all the cat5 in series. Ethernet doesn't work so well that way. :-)
Second (saw this elsewhere, but duplicating because it's important), use plenum. When it burns it doesn't release toxic gasses.
I saw someone mention 802.11 as an alternative. Wireless network protocols will always be vulnerable to timing attacks. In the meantime, it's much easier to just brute force the lame-ass crypto most vendors ship with.
I would have liked to have installed PVC conduits, but I never got very far in reseraching it. It probably would have been a good idea, especially since the electricians who installed this staple-gunned the cat5 directly into the 2x4's. Grr.
First, the electricians didn't know the difference between running cat5 for phone service versus for ethernet. So the first time through, they ran all the cat5 in series. Ethernet doesn't work so well that way.
Second (saw this elsewhere, but duplicating because it's important), use plenum. When it burns it doesn't release toxic gasses.
I saw someone mention 802.11 as an alternative. Wireless network protocols will always be vulnerable to timing attacks. In the meantime, it's much easier to just brute force the lame-ass crypto most vendors ship with.
I would have liked to have installed PVC conduits, but I never got very far in reseraching it. It probably would have been a good idea, especially since the electricians who installed this staple-gunned the cat5 directly into the 2x4's. Grr.
