Cat 5

Keith · 21st December 2006, 21:26

I'm on cat 5 now.
Numbers 1-4 are buried in the garden.

Merry Xmas.

Well I thought it was funny when I read it seeing as I flood wired my bungalow with Cat5 just before Wifi became affordable!

BMC123 · 22nd December 2006, 00:56

yes indeed...

have to say though, wireless is not all its cracked up to be, my mate lives in a 200 year old cottage/farmhouse and we had to install wi-fi repeaters all over the place, (the thick walls played havoc with the signals) and we worked out that it would have been cheaper to have hard wired the place. (only his wife did not want us drilling anything)

My sister is renovating another old farmhouse, and we are going to hardwire the old part of the building, and use wireless in the new part.

Rich · 22nd December 2006, 16:32

Swear by CAT5 myself too, wireless just isn't an option, it's what, 2mbit/sec by the time you've secured it properly? Daft, especially with the amount of media flowing around the lan in the house between various MCE machines, wi-fi's just not up to the job.

Gigabit all the way!

Rich · 22nd December 2006, 16:33

Don't get me wrong, it's ideal for surfing the net via a laptop in the garden or whatever, but that's about all we use it for here and it's handy alright, just not ideal

21st December 2006, 21:26	#1
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Cat 5 I'm on cat 5 now. Numbers 1-4 are buried in the garden. Merry Xmas. Well I thought it was funny when I read it seeing as I flood wired my bungalow with Cat5 just before Wifi became affordable!

22nd December 2006, 00:56	#2
BMC123 Posted a thing or two 2004 1.8 Connoisseur SE, 1999 XJ8 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 1,163 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	yes indeed... have to say though, wireless is not all its cracked up to be, my mate lives in a 200 year old cottage/farmhouse and we had to install wi-fi repeaters all over the place, (the thick walls played havoc with the signals) and we worked out that it would have been cheaper to have hard wired the place. (only his wife did not want us drilling anything) My sister is renovating another old farmhouse, and we are going to hardwire the old part of the building, and use wireless in the new part. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

22nd December 2006, 16:32	#3
Rich Posted a thing or two http://Roadca.ms - Letting you see what they see! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yup Posts: 1,786 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 1 Post	Swear by CAT5 myself too, wireless just isn't an option, it's what, 2mbit/sec by the time you've secured it properly? Daft, especially with the amount of media flowing around the lan in the house between various MCE machines, wi-fi's just not up to the job. Gigabit all the way! __________________ https://VehicleGPS.UK http://www.MotorwayCameras.co.uk

22nd December 2006, 16:33	#4
Rich Posted a thing or two http://Roadca.ms - Letting you see what they see! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yup Posts: 1,786 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 1 Post	Don't get me wrong, it's ideal for surfing the net via a laptop in the garden or whatever, but that's about all we use it for here and it's handy alright, just not ideal __________________ https://VehicleGPS.UK http://www.MotorwayCameras.co.uk