cat5 v cat5e

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

100mbit a sec is only theory (burst speeds).
It will never truly reach those limits in real world, just like ATA100 Hds etc...

[Paul2]

VCD MPEG-1 average movie runs at 1.5 Mbits per second.

DVD MPEG-2 runs about 7 Mbits average...max at 9.6 Mbits or so...

HD-DVD/Blu Ray runs at 36 Mbits per second....

Even those are compressed video,

so, 100 Mbits per second is more than enough.  Even if it\'s only burst speed.  Say even if it reach only half of it, its still pretty fast, enough to transfer hd video.

But if you use it to copy file computer to computer, then, it wouldn\'t be as fast as the computer hard disk drive.

But for internet purposes, it great as it is.

[videoholic]

OK, back to me damnit!!!!!

What do I need to do to connect our houses?

I am cheap and don\'t want to pay for cable internet.

I\'d just go wireless between the two houses.  Do you have a clear line of sight between where your house will be and your parent\'s house?  You would probably need to upgrade your parents router to a wireless one, then setup your router as a client to theirs.  It would probably also be best to run the antennas up to the peak of the roof or a chimney, where they can "see" each other with as little interference as possible.  

I just setup a wireless home network (d-link 802.11b) and it works much better than I thought it would.

[Living-In-Clip]

If you got a clear line of sight you could easily set up a wireless network , the main thing being line of sight and nothing obstructing the view and even then, if you want you could put a booster on it and probably still get it. The only problem being that wireless still means you still need to deal with dropped signals / slower speeds / bursts / etc.

If you\'d ask me Viddy I\'d just say screw wireless and run some Cat5 between houses.  Cost is minimal so you\'d have nothing to lose if somewhere down the line it breaks.

[videoholic]

That\'s what I\'d probably do first anyway to try it out.  I figure it would be a cheap way to get internet.

[Living-In-Clip]

Just make sure you read over your ToS for the \'net connection - because a lot of providers would frown upon the idea of you runnin\' cable to share the \'net connection in another house hold.

How far are we talkin\' in distance? Because both wireless and wired both have advantages and disadvantages. If you go wired, you have to figure out how much cable you need, a way to manage the cable, hide the cable and upkeep it. If you go wireless, you need a cerain distance, good line of fight and what not.


With all that said, if you do decide to go wired, I say go with \'E\' . Build for the future, Gigabit Ethernet is coming and you will need it eventually. But then again, I always say "build for the future", most people would say buy 1 gig of ram, I\'d say buy 2 gigs of Ram.
-shrugs-

[Paul2]

LIC is crazy...just kidding
(me runs and hide)

*psst...batman to superman*

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

Or u can wait and not pay large amounts for the future. Then when the future is finally here, everything is cheaper and normally it\'s better in technology.

[Paul2]

^^^

true to that.  Like HDTV, when it was first out in 1998, it was costing around $6,000 - $10,000 and up, and the hd tuner costing around $1,500 and over.

Now HDTV can be had for $2,200 with hd tuner more features, much higher resolution....like the new sony xbr960 that is coming out this summer/fall...which is better than last year but cheaper...

[videoholic]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Just make sure you read over your ToS for the \'net connection - because a lot of providers would frown upon the idea of you runnin\' cable to share the \'net connection in another house hold.

Well I certainly don\'t think they are going to want me to do it, but it would be cool to have our houses connected so I can fix crap on his computer quickly and easily.  I figure if we are going to be connected, I may as well snag his bandwidth.

HD Sucks and no one should buy into it.  It\'s going to fail miserably and if I was going to buy a tv today I would just buy a regular ole 4x3 box.

[Paul2]

it a nice move to buy 4 x 3 analog set today to last for 2 - 3 years, then move to HDTV, because the price tags for many hdtv are still a little expensive.

Originally posted by videoholic
Well I certainly don\'t think they are going to want me to do it, but it would be cool to have our houses connected so I can fix crap on his computer quickly and easily.  

Netmeeting is great for troubleshooting the parent\'s PC.  I do that for my Father, and he lives in Phoenix, while I\'m in LA.  We both have high speed connections, so it works fine.  Should be even better over an ethernet connection.

Paul!!!!  Stop talking HDTV in every thread!    Go find a good HT forum.

Cored- how does Netmeeting work?  My uncle from Alabama is always calling me for tech support because he hates translating to the Indian guys at Dell.