[ILUG] Simple question about home wired Ethernet

[Chris Higgins]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:33:11 +0100
Anthony Staines <anthony.staines at ucd.ie> wrote:

> So, what should I do? The simplest solution, if it worked, would be to
> put one double RJ-45 socket in the wall in the office, put the two 

That's all a patch panel really is - a whole load of sockets neatly aligned

> cables into this, presumably using an RJ-45 crimp tool, and run each 

The crimp tool puts a plug on the end of a cable, you'll need a punchdown
tool http://arstechnica.com/guide/networking/jack.jpg

> cable up to a single RJ-45 socket in the wall in the attic and
> kitchen. Would this work? Any advice on suppliers of good quality
> sockets? Obviously this solution doesn't scale well, to say the least,
> but I can live with that.

Why ? It actually isn't that bad... All you need is two cables from your 
central location ( in my case garage ) to each point where you want 
data delivered.... If you need to plug in 5 machines in one room you
can always use a local 8 port hub which is wired back to your main
location - that will only use 1 cable, leaving you one other spare
for an analog phone/fax... ( of course if you are sneaky and using
good cable, you actually get 8 pairs from two wires, and as 10/100 ethernet
only uses two pairs, you can get four ethernet connections over
two runs of cable - but that can get a bit fiddly wiring hydra cables at
both ends. ( or buying premade connectors to do the same )
.. but it does help if you get stuck )

This isn't a new problem, and there are loads of sites that go into
detail - google turned up this lot

http://www.homepcnetwork.com/wireintrof.htm
http://arstechnica.com/guide/networking/installation-1.html


> 
> All help gratefully received,
> Anthony Staines
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Anthony Staines, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology.
> Dept. of Public Health Medicine, UCD, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2,
> Ireland. Tel:- +353 1 716 7345. Fax:- +353 1 76 7407 Mobile:- +353 86
> 606 9713 Web:- http://phm.ucd.ie
> 
> -- 
> Irish Linux Users' Group
> http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug/
> 


-- 
Chris Higgins                              Cisco Learning Partner
Darach Technology Ltd                      tel: +353-1-6204370
email: chris.higgins at darach.ie          fax: +353-1-6204371
http://www.darach.ie