Comments on: What do you Need for a Wired Home Network?

By: Ammar

Ammar — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:33:49 +0000

u people are great I GIVE U ALL MY RESPECT !
why we don’t have people like you here !?

By: fitbikerdr69

fitbikerdr69 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:19:08 +0000

where can i get that background

By: playsmartplay

playsmartplay — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:53:43 +0000

i run the network
wireless for my parents upstairs and wired for anything down iin my room
im 15

By: mattstech1

mattstech1 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:25:37 +0000

Yeah, I agree with you on that one. There’s a lot of trade-offs for both wireless and wired. It basically comes down to if you have the time to deal with being an “attic monkey”. If not, wireless is still okay. It’s a lot better than no connection at all!

By: bakerp990i

bakerp990i — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:20:53 +0000

yes but its more convenient than wired, i personaly would much rather have a slower internet speed than have a fast one with the hastle of all the wires everywhere.

By: Kaywin

Kaywin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:51:26 +0000

Great article. Can’t wait for Saturday to get here so I can implemen.

By: mattstech1

mattstech1 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:21:05 +0000

Wireless may be a little more reliable when you’re right up under the router - but the speed of a wireless network is still nowhere near what you can achieve in a wired setup.

By: bakerp990i

bakerp990i — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:53:55 +0000

he says wireless is ureliable, its moslty due to the distance from the router, i use wirless and it has never failed

By: joelg88

joelg88 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:04:33 +0000

These are some great tips. They should be really helpful to anyone who will be setting up there own first network.Overall these are some good tips.

Ee ya later

By: Cliffystones

Cliffystones — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:46:58 +0000

Mattstech,

Great article! I’ve been installing cable in existing walls since 1984 and thought I’d add something that’s helped me tremendously.

When you have determined the exact location of the wall box, cut a piece of string the length of the wall it’s going into. Attach a weight, like a small nut to one end. Hold the opposite end up to the ceiling so as to line up the box location with the point the cable will go through in the ceiling.

Now take a really small (1/16″) flat blade screwdriver and “drill” a small hole in the ceiling where the string met it. Find a 12-18″ piece of stiff wire (an old wire coat hanger is great for this) and stick it through the hole in the ceiling. Bend the end in a loop to keep it from falling back through. Now when you go into the attic, you should have a “signal flag” that will tell you exactly where you need to go the drop your cable!

This is absolutely wonderful when you have a thick layer of insulation and you don’t want to have to “excavate’ it to find your way around. Just a little dab of spackle and touch up paint and 99% of the time the hole isn’t visible after your done.

By: jbockmon

jbockmon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:38:12 +0000

no not last week … yesterday!!!!!!

By: obiewancoyote

obiewancoyote — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:37:49 +0000

Ah, network parties… the memories. The screams of pain and horror. Countless hours of annoyance. And the satisfaction of wrestling windows into submission so that you could play for a couple of hours =P.

By: obiewancoyote

obiewancoyote — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:28:42 +0000

Wow, could I actually have a earlier start on networking than you Chris? Four words, Doom over serial modem.

And yes, we re-enact sneaker-networks here at work for classified content =P. Threw some of my co-workers for a loop refering to it like that.

By: Branhower1

Branhower1 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:10:41 +0000

Windows 98 sucked for networking.

By: skrstov

skrstov — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:53:34 +0000

Every sunday my friends set up wired network of 8 PCs running XP and play some multiplayer games. I been there and saw it. Must say it’s lots of fun if you are a gamer, but I am not in the video games anymore. Sure, there are lots of cables and mess in the room, but after everything is set, they are playing games for about 8 hours, sometimes longer. They told me you have to have the Switch device in order to set up network.