December 23, 2006 12:12am by Steve | 
Should I bother installing CAT5 cabling throughout our new house addition? What would you do?
I could spend the money, and mostly the effort, to install CAT5 cabling throughout our new addition… but is it really worth it? We currently run a wireless networking and it is great. We are using G, but with the potential of products like this Linksys-N router, wireless continues to look awesome. And if you still need to use G, you can buy range extenders (repeaters) that you simply plug into an outlet to have your network reach any room in your house.
I just don’t know if it’s worth the trouble to install the wires.
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Run it. 54Mb != 100Mb Especially if you do a lot of computer to computer transfer.
Run cat 5e or 6
I was running gigabit in the office until the dlink gigabit switch decided to blow up and take all the nics with it. GRR
If it wasnt so expensive, I’d be running fiber channel.
It would depend on the cost. For a few hundred bucks I’d do it in an instant. For $500, I’d start to think twice. There is a huge convenience to being able to plug in.
I never do anything financial related (like check bank balances, pay bills, etc..) from a wireless connection.