Building A (Serious) Home Network From Scratch

Casey Lang-Vie writes "THG are running an article that outlines how to build a home network from scratch. I wish I'd read this before I attempted - now I have a few (ok, 8) unsightly holes in my wall." This is the type of network that encourages home ownership rather than rental.

Comments

I don't read THG,

[$carab]

As is detailed here and here, Toms Hardware recently performed a media blackout at a Public event, the Million Man Lan Party.

They are currently threatening to sue an online journalist (who happens to be a poor college student) for libel regarding his reporting of this story. Fortunately, the friendly folks at Hardocp have stepped in to provide some legal assistance for the guy, to make sure he is not railroaded into pulling down his editorial describing THG's media shenanigans.

Do your part for Internet Free Speech. Boycott Toms Hardware Guide.

Home Networking

[maroberts]

I did mine (a small 3 bedroomed detached house in England) all by myself.

I was fortunate in the fact my walls are of plasterboard construction so I had no problems running cable down them, except between floors. I put a switch and a wireless router in the attic.

What did I learn?
a) If doing it again I would use some conduit pipe to make rewiring easier. However I did put 4 CAT5 ports in each room, which is enough for any small house!

b) buy a big roll of cable and make your own cables - its much cheaper that way.

c) Plan and check before you knock holes in walls

d) I'm a good network installer but a terrible plasterer, put any holes in walls where they'll be most hidden