be sure to have the right kind of cat5 too-if there are many lights and things that use a lot of power around the area of where the cat5 will be, be sure to get shielded cat5-otherwise you'll get many errors
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be sure to have the right kind of cat5 too-if there are many lights and things that use a lot of power around the area of where the cat5 will be, be sure to get shielded cat5-otherwise you'll get many errors
I forgot to mention this, and so did everyone else who posted....
if you use a hub/switch/router, then the cable you need is called patch.....Quote:
Originally posted here by cwk9
If you wiring computers with a hub, a normal cat5 cable will do but if you just wire two computers together with no hub you need a crossover cable.
sonic, i wasn't trying to make a joke but it is cool. That sort of answered my question. I know about hubs and switches, I just wanted to get everyones opinion. Which is cheaper, Hub or switch. Last I heard they are about the same now. For everyone who was talking about how it was hard to prepare cables, just holla and I will be there for the right price b/c that ain't a thing. No one mentioned roll over or straight though cables (what ever you call it). Isn't that needed to talk to the router and program it. Is that cable in the home networking kit, acid_spectrum? Holla
Here are the links to my first two networking tuts in the series I'm writing. Some of it may help.
Part 1:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=220125
Part 2:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=222545
Here is the setup I have at home. SA Cable modem. LinkSys Router with 8 port switch. With LinkSys LNE TX100 nic cards. It works flawless with my Linux and Win boxes. Even works fine with my dual boot box. Thats the atvantage of having a router/switch with DHCP. Plug it in and go with it. Very minimal instalation woes.