[TriLUG] Cabling wish list

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 11:14, Andrew Perrin wrote:
> I'd do wiring "tunnels" (don't know what the technical term is) so the

I believe the term you're looking for is "conduit".  That, definitely,
seems to be the way to go.

> wires themselves can be changed out when needed. Right now I'd run lots of
> UTP cable, to cover data and voice. I might go ahead and run an extra
> channel to the ceilings to allow for WAPs, but I'm not really convinced of

Ceilings?  I don't think my house will be big enough to warrant
that.  A WAP in a closet somewhere will probably work just fine.
For a larger building, however, that might make sense.

> the eventual utility of wireless. (Call me old-fashioned.)  And I'd
> designate a closet somewhere for networking hardware, into which your
> phone lines will run as well so junctions can be designated voice or data
> (or other, e.g., video, audio, etc.).

Most all houses I've seen built these days do that already.
Cable, phone, network, etc... go into a central box that's
generally located in the downstairs coat closet.  Since
mostly what I'd put in there is switches and routers
that should work for me.

Oh, one other thing my builder apparently does is wire the house
for computer control.  I'm not sure about the specifics of this, but
I'm assuming it's something similar to what X10 is supposed to do.
I don't think they actually hook it up, but having it wired
should be pretty cool. (Hmm.. mental note, call wiring guys
to ask more about this...)

Tanner
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