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From: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Dr. Orville R. Weyrich)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: A LAN for my home
Message-ID: <1991Apr29.070815.161@weyrich.UUCP>
Date: 29 Apr 91 07:08:15 GMT
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
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I am soon to build a house, and want a house which will have all the
important amenities for the years ahead, like for example a LAN.

[my wife might disagree as to what the important amenities might be :-)]

I currently have a home office, but no LAN. Given the cost of buying a house,
it is not likely that I will be able to afford a LAN for a while, but I want to
anticipate wiring etc.

What advice does the net have? It is easy to string a bunch of extra twisted-
pair phone lines, but I sort of had ethernet in mind. If I string a bunch of
cable-tv cables (an extra bunch -- I'm the only one in the house that doesn't
watch TV), can they be pressed into service as ethernet cables? Are there 
any parameters or gotcha's I need to watch out for?

Thanks



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