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Posted by ps56k on December 28, 2008, 11:22 pm
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>> eric.bouchardlefeb...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>> interesting reading guys... >>
>>>> but notice - the OP never came back :)
>>
>>>> so we don't really know what he had,
>>>> or what kind of RJ adapters or media converters he was looking >>>> at... >>
>>> Hello all,
>>
>>> First, thank you for all your answers. Really sorry to come back so
>>> late on that topic but I had to hold my projects for several weeks. >>
>>> OK, here it goes for the questions you've asked :
>>
>>> 1- My home network consists of 8 RG6 individual coaxial runs.
>>> 2- The adapaters I found are about 25$/piece ... so with a cost of >>> 50$/ >>> run, the whole project would cost around 400$ >>> 3- Using the existing coax cables as "pull string" for LAN wires or >>> passing new LAN wires on the walls are impossible ; it would ask me >>> to open several walls and, shortly after, negociate an expensive >>> divorce with my wife >>
>>> From your readings, I understand that the physical properties of RG6
>>> wires are incompatible with fast-ethernet requirements and that >>> those cables were used during base-2 and base-5 era, where physical >>> networks were in bus configurations. >>
>>> I decided to go for another strategy. I recently moved my phone
>>> number on cable-modem technology, along with my Internet connection. >>> Since I am using wireless phone units connected to a single phone >>> base (which connects to my modem), my house phone wiring is >>> completely unused. I will therefore use these 2-pairs wires for >>> fast ethernet. >>
>>> The only thing I havent figure out yet is where is the phones patch-
>>> panel. I suspect the company put all terminations in a locked box, >>> outside the house. >>
>> wrong idea again - >> >> You seem to have this concept that just because you have access to a >> "wire" that it will serve just about any purpose.... WRONG >> >> Why do you think they are all different to begin with ???? >> Can you run your TV from the coax thru the "telephone wires" and >> connect to a TV ? >> >> Each "wire" has it's own set of attributes or properties that makes >> it work for a given application...... coax, Cat5, telephone twisted >> pair >> It's doesn't work like on TV where they tie knots in fiber optic to >> wiretap.. >> >> OK ? do you get it ?- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - >
> Hey bozzo, > > Read my post correctly. If you don't know that a 2-pairs wire (like > those used for voice) also supports data, go read more on > networking. > > And for you information, wires are *not* made for *given* > application. In all standard models (like OSI), layers are > independant and a physical specification (like a 2-pairs wire) can > support more than one higher specifications. > > OK? Do you get it? let us know when it all starts working for ya - | |||||||
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