From owner-freebsd-net Wed May 31 22:16:49 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 194E037B7FF for ; Wed, 31 May 2000 22:16:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from softweyr.com (Foolstrustident!@homer.softweyr.com [204.68.178.39]) by obie.softweyr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA04024; Wed, 31 May 2000 23:16:38 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Message-ID: <3935F288.449D3225@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 23:20:08 -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: MG_Tak Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Off topic, sorta: home RJ-45 wiring References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org MG_Tak wrote: > > Greetings, > > This isn't exactly FreeBSD related, so I must > apologize. > > 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. -- "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