Wireless, specifically 802.11a is not that fast and doesn't work well through walls. I find myself aching for GigE because it takes several minutes to move 6 GB of DVD files between machines on 100baseT. Imagine trying to do that on an 802.11 wireless which is lucky to achieve 5 Mbps of actual throughput on an 11 Mbps modulation. It would take almost 3 hours.
Wires are very efficient and cheap. String the cat5e even if just to hook up an 802.11a base-station in each and every room so that you can approach 20 Mbps throughput in both ends of your house.
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Wireless, specifically 802.11a is not that fast and doesn't work well through walls. I find myself aching for GigE because it takes several minutes to move 6 GB of DVD files between machines on 100baseT. Imagine trying to do that on an 802.11 wireless which is lucky to achieve 5 Mbps of actual throughput on an 11 Mbps modulation. It would take almost 3 hours.
Wires are very efficient and cheap. String the cat5e even if just to hook up an 802.11a base-station in each and every room so that you can approach 20 Mbps throughput in both ends of your house.
Chris