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by chrisms

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Hi all,
I'm looking for a bit of advice concerning the cabling in a network I am installing.
There is no existing cat5 cabling in the building, so this is going to be a clean install, all machines are in the same office, and the longest distance is about 6M.
What I am thinking of doing is using a hub, but can I connect direct from PC to hub without having to use Wallplate connectors, using thicknet?
If this is possible, what cabling configuration do I need, is it rossover orstraight?
Thanks for all answers.

Chris

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by madroxxx

If I understand you correctly you want to know if you can run cat 5 cable directly to your P.C.'s from a hub. The answer is absolutly and you will use a straight cable. You use a crossover to connect two hubs or two network cards. Hub to card is straight.

by rvoight

i would think you would want to use a switch such as a linksys switch instead of a hub that way the bandwidth will not be devided and they are inexpensive

by tbragsda

You will be most happy running CAD5 cable, and using some sort of modular wall plates. These are cheep, and you can get them at home centers now. The modules come with wire diags printed on them, and an insertion tool.

The wire from the hub to the plates, and from the plates to the WKS, are all straight through. Two standards are used when making cables;

TIA 568A Colour Scheme
1) White/Green
2) Green
3) White/Orange
4) Blue
5) White-Blue
6) Orange
7) White/Brown
8) Brown

568B Colour Scheme
1) White/Orange
2) Orange
9) White/Green
3) Blue
4) White/Blue
5) Green
6) White/Brown
7) Brown

In each of these cases, pin one is on the left of the connector when looking at it with the little snap part down, and away from you. Looking like your going to plug it into the wall plate. You can use either with the same results. To make a crossover, use one of each type on each side of the cable.

Don?t get thicknet in your mind. That?s entirely different stuff, more like the cable you use for cable T.V.

Lastly on story of hubs. What sore of Internet connection are you planning? The reason I ask, is that there are cheep hubs allover the place that come with firewall/dhcp etc build right in.

by wlbowers

That stands for Keep It Simple Slick.

If all of the computers are in the same office and it is only 18 feet to the longest one you won't need plates. If you had to run several offices then it would be safer, trip hazard wise , to run the cables in the ceiling and drop the walls.

Go with 10/100 switches. There are several good brands that are 8 port for a reasonable price like linksys, netgear, 3com to name a few. If you need more than 8 ports stack two 8 port switches. Once you go up to12 or more ports the price jumps high. Port 8 and the uplink on most switches are common. you can only use the uplink or port 8.

Use cat5 cable. If your distances fall within the precut sizes (10, 15, 25, ect.) buy the cables premade.
You won't need a roll over cable unless you are bring in internet.

Run the cables straight to the computers.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck Lee

by tomsal

Actually I've always gone by KISS meaning Keep It Simple STUPID.... ;) To each their own I guess..

As far as the problem at hand I generally agree with everything stated so far with only a few tidbits.

Switches are definitely the way to go - but afford the best you can afford, unless your business doesn't plan on growing anytime soon. Netgear switches IMHO are bottomline quality, LinkSys are decent though -- I use Linksys products myself (although Bay Networks, Cisco and Lucent are very high quality in my experiences).

You don't need wallplates, but for a professional and clean looking installation its highly suggested. I agree with a previous poster to stay away from thicknet, go CAT5e - trust us all on this one...

Other than those small details, I'm in agreement with what the previous poster suggested.

Happy Networking!! LOL.

PS. A good reference site is www.generalcable.com

by chrisms

BIG thanks to all who answered. I understand all comments, and when I said thicknet, I mean CAT5e, its just me calling things by wrong names, I DO IT ALL THE TIME!!! lol
I just needed to clear a few doubts, which you all did for me,
Once again, big thanks
Cheers all
Chris :-))))

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