[QUOTE=UNDRGND]Hey All

Thanks for all your help so far but im a bit technology illiterate. Not dissing any companies but I got quoted $5500 to do my house which I thought was a bit steep. I have not yet signed my building contract cause I wanna include this in there:

What I want is:

Kitchen:
1x phone Line (in roof)
Family Room:
1xPhone and 1xData
Theatre:
1xPhone and 1xData
Study:
1xPhone and 1xData ( for my fax and PC)
Anywhere:
Mode 3 Phone line for Alarm

I want the internet to run to all rooms and be able to access my computer and external hardrive from the study in family and theatre.

Im happy to run all the cables to a box (like Dan said) but will the clipsal do the job for me or is it limited to only 4 data points like the website says. I assume I put my router in there which then distributes the adsl feed.

Sorry for the dumb questions but any help would be gold.

Cheers

Chris[/QUOTE]

You can get more than 4 outlets, I have 32 in the panel and 16 in the house. Maybe more coming to think of it?

Structured cabling ftw. PM sent!

Dude what about wireless? And $5500 is way, way too much. Ridiculous.

Don't forget Ethernet-over-power, works a treat for me at home with a media centre downstairs and Xbox 360 (as an extender) upstairs.

I wouldn't buy the 200Mb/s marketing hype, but I can stream high-def TV without issue. You'll have to consider the quality of your wiring though.

Maybe pick-up two units and test it out, to see how it goes for you?

I'm using these, $136 a pop from Austin:

[URL]http://global.level1.com/news01.php?Id=31[/URL]

Cheers - Nik

P.S. I also meant to mention to make sure that you consider how you actually expect to use each connection, as that's what should drive your choice here (unless you've just got that much cash to throw around). You listed three different (physical) locations in your house, though what services will you be accessing at each location? e.g. just e-mail/web browsing, general file sharing, streaming high-def video, etc. etc. You don't need the throughput that a CAT6 cable offers just for browsing the web (where your ADSL connection will be the slowest link). It's good to future-proof though and to anticipate that you'll need more later on than what you can think of now; my point though is to keep in mind what functionality you want these connection points to give you (beyond just "data").

cool thanks guys - cable 6 is the way im going.

a few pm sent so thanks for your help

I will look in to it further

Cheers

Chris

[QUOTE=perthzed]Dude what about wireless? And $5500 is way, way too much. Ridiculous.[/QUOTE]


Wireless is for idiots

[QUOTE=jEstEr?]Wireless is for idiots[/QUOTE]

thankyou

Might be my limited imagination, but I'm also a fan of hardwiring. Never any speed/security/signal issues than come with the wireless territory :)

mate very easy to do. I basically ran hard wire points from router room to upstairs theatre room and other halfs office and my office. down stairs ill stick a wireless router on and upstairs if need be but chances are one router will do the job as the wireless is quite strong.

just run ya cat5/6 cable to where you need it if its a 2 story home you have a lot of planning and prewireing to do . single story not so bad as you can access roof area later.

Mate if you need a hand let me know i just wired up my whole home which i just got built. well worth the effort later if you do it during construction too .

Tim

[QUOTE=westoz]Might be my limited imagination, but I'm also a fan of hardwiring. Never any speed/security/signal issues than come with the wireless territory :)[/QUOTE]

+2 Wires FTW

I do run wireless but I don't care about it, I have in unsecured. If some dude wants to sit in my driveway downloading porn, please just dump it to my shared porn folder too. :D