Wired home network - Page 2

**Graham M** · 09-01-2012, 20:59

Properly earthed (at one end) STP would probably be OK, still not an ideal situation though, over short runs its fine, in my D-line trunking running up to my TV I have

o Power (to a 6 socket extension)
o Ethernet (to a switch)
o Speaker Cables for rear surround speakers from Pioneer Amp
o Subwoofer Cable
o Sky+ HD Twinax cable

and everything works fine

TuesdayWildchild · 14-01-2012, 09:02

I am lucky as this old 4 storey house use to have a gas water heater on the top floor, so I left the boxing in in place after i remove the gas pipe and threaded a cat cable in it. So now I have a 40ft cable going from bottom to top. Wireded is the best way.

Waldo Pepper · 19-01-2012, 14:27

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Originally Posted by TheNorm

Even with shielded twisted pair cable?

Shouldn't make any difference whatsoever. Even if not shielded twisted pair, any glitch caused by a power surge would cause a TCPIP re-request on any corrupt packet.

Capricorn · 28-02-2012, 20:08

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Originally Posted by philwhite100

Does anyone on here have a wired home network.
Our BB point is upstairs and i would like some ethernet wall sockets downstairs for when i am on the laptop as wifi is terrible in our home.
I am not really interested in Homeplug type networking to be honest but running ethernet cables around the home so they are out of sight behind walls seems like a lot of work.

I use four homeplugs (two upstairs for my imac and xbox, one downstairs for the Apple TV and one connected to the router) and they simply do a great job. The wifi connection upstairs was terrible - streaming video was a buffery stuttering mess, now its smooth as. Four homeplugs with passthru cost me £150. Who needs the hassle and expense of fixed network ports?

LSainsbury · 28-02-2012, 20:21

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Originally Posted by Capricorn

Four homeplugs with passthru cost me £150. Who needs the hassle and expense of fixed network ports?

A piece of cable and a couple of connectors / faceplates cost about £20.

There's your answer!

Capricorn · 28-02-2012, 20:49

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury

A piece of cable and a couple of connectors / faceplates cost about £20.

There's your answer!

Does that quote include chasing the walls out and having them replastered?

LSainsbury · 28-02-2012, 21:04

No....it includes a box of cable clips though!

RB2004 · 18-03-2012, 22:39

Where possible I always recommend cables over wifi presently.. Yes wifi is great but the technology hasn't evolved enough yet to match cabled.. Cables you can run gigabit ethernet 1000tbase but presently a 300mbit wifi can expect to provide about 50mbit if you are lucky. Which is why I went for the option of wiring house in cat 5e 2 cables to each room going back to patch panel

qasdfdsaq · 18-03-2012, 22:46

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Originally Posted by RB2004

300mbit wifi can expect to provide about 50mbit if you are lucky.

Funny, my 300mbit wifi provides 243mbit.

If only I were that lucky with the ladies instead of just with wifi?

RB2004 · 19-03-2012, 14:32

How did you test that speed? To use a speedtest site you need a connection faster than 243mbit to test that.

Wouldn't go by what windows tells you that you are connected at, because you try a speed test on 100mbit Internet and you generally max out around 50mbit if you are lucky.

qasdfdsaq · 19-03-2012, 15:27

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Originally Posted by RB2004

How did you test that speed?

Using a UDP flooder.

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To use a speedtest site you need a connection faster than 243mbit to test that.

My connection is 1000mbit.

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Wouldn't go by what windows tells you that you are connected at,

If I went by what Windows tells me it would be 300, not 243.

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because you try a speed test on 100mbit Internet and you generally max out around 50mbit if you are lucky.

Over the internet using a speedtest site I get 169mbps