From owner-freebsd-net Thu Jun 1 15:58:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from obie.softweyr.com (obie.softweyr.com [204.68.178.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2D7337B91B for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:58:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (ip253.salt-lake-city6.ut.pub-ip.psi.net [38.27.95.253]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA05750; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 16:58:23 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3936EB42.D53D001C@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 17:01:22 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mitch Collinsworth Cc: MG_Tak , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Off topic, sorta: home RJ-45 wiring References: <200006011642.MAA22594@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > > >> I've been using an RJ-45 cable to connect a > >> laptop that's in another room to the HUB in my room. > >> The cable runs right accross the hallway which, on > >> top of being ugly, is not really practical. So I > >> figured I could climb into my attic and run the > >> cable through the attic and into my room, using > >> wall-plugs. > >> > >> Putting holes in the wall is easy enough, but > >> I'm not sure about what I need, what type of cable, > >> etc.. Does anyone know of a web-page that would > >> offer some sort of guide to home-wiring? > > > >You need "Category 5" or "Cat 5" wiring. You can buy it at most home > >improvement stores or an electrical supply shop. They will also > >(probably) sell wall-mount RJ45 jacks. > > I haven't seen this sort of thing in home improvement stores, but I'm in > a pretty rural area. Maybe things are better where you are. In any > case I can recommend a vendor we've used frequently for this sort of > thing here in the office: Eagle/Lowes, Home Depot, and Home Base all carry Cat-5 here. I doubt they're much different anywhere else; we're about as close to a back- water as a city of over a million can be. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message