From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 7 23:31:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA28329 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 May 1996 23:31:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (root@sasami.jurai.net [205.218.122.51]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA28324 for ; Tue, 7 May 1996 23:31:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (winter@localhost) by sasami.jurai.net (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA18705; Wed, 8 May 1996 01:31:48 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 01:31:48 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" X-Sender: winter@sasami To: "Brett L. Hawn" cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 7 May 1996, Brett L. Hawn wrote: > Actually a good kingston 8port goes for ohhh.. 150 retail and when you Accton TP/8 hubs are around $115. I've got 5 or 6 of them... They are 3com TP/8's that come in an obnoxious yellow box and black instead of white. They wall mount and stack equally well. I'm quite happy with them. > consider the cost of the T connectors, the twistons, the replacements, the > tols needed for cutting and stripping the coax, etc.. Belden rj45/rj12 crimper with both die is about um... $80+$25+$25 Belden coax crimpers are about $115. BNC end crimps are about $0.95/ea. RJ45 ends are about $0.45. I'm not in practice but it takes me about 4 minutes crimp an rj45, and about 2 minutes for a bnc crimp. I'm not opposed to coax, but I've run into very few situations that it makes sense to use over utp. > I will agree to that, however I learned a long time ago to always run at > least twice the amount of leads you THINK you'll need :) 10bT is cheap. You should pay b/t $80 - $100 for 1000' of AT&T or Belden cable. Labor is expensive. Run a shitload. Hell, run fiber and leave it in the wall if you've a mind to. (Ok, fiber is a little more expensive...) Have a good one. | Matthew N. Dodd | winter@jurai.net | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | | Technical Manager | mdodd@intersurf.net | http://www.intersurf.net | | InterSurf Online | "Welcome to the net Sir, would you like a handbasket?"|