"CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert" wrote in message
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Jungle Jim wrote:
We are buikding a new home - ranch w/basement, and I am interested in
(either tasking the electrician or doing it myself) taking this
opportunity to wire the house for network drops, audio, etc. I will want
a closet with a patch panel for maximum flexibility and home runs from
each room in the house. I do know that I will want 2 cat-5 cables for
each room (network and phone), and RG-6 coax for tv cable. There are
other hings I will want to do at a later time, but for now I don't want
to vet in too deeply into other things such as security cameras, etc.

What books are available that you have used and can recommend to me so
that I may become more educated in current technology and what;s coming
up.

Anyone who has either done this at home construction or as an add-on
after construction ? What was your ideas on this ?

Sounds good. 2x cat5 per room should be sufficient. Security camers are
also using IP addresses and network connections these days, so perhaps put
a few drops in the attic for good camera locations. Plus electrical.

They sell inexpensive adapters to connect the output of video cameras and
connect them to cat5 cable. I don't know if it'c cost effective but it's
probably easier to run than coax.


run the cable, but you dont have to wire every room right away, long as
the wire is there your good for when you need it.

And if you can avoid wireless your better off. Use it only on the laptop.
No need to run so many extra radio waves through ourselves than necessary.
And wire will always be faster than wireless.

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Respectfully,


CL Gilbert