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We are in the middle of remodeling our house. All the walls are down and my husband wants to "wire" the whole house to a router. He bought CAT 6 cables. First, is that really necessary, he says it's safer that way to have everything wired, but I want wireless connections also. Second, If he does wire the whole house, what is the best router to get?? And what would be the best way to wire the house. I still think a wireless router is the easiest way to go....???
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Your husband is pretty smart. It is a very wise move to wire the house, when the walls are all down. In the future, this will be a huge selling feature to your home. Wireless may be the easiest thing to do, but it won't add value to your home, nor will offer near the benefits of having a true wired network.
Wired network is better for 3 reasons; throughput, reliability, and security.
- Throughput- Wired networks are point to point connections, where is wireless is pooled.. meaning every wired connections has a dedicated connection. with wireless it's shared, so as your increase the amount of computers using wireless, the connection gets worse and worse.
-reliability- wired.. not much can harm it, minus physically cutting the cable. Wireless, everything can effect a radio signal; things like.. a baby monitor, garage door open, metal in the wall, other wireless signal.
-security. Unless someone physically plugs into your wired network (someone would have to break into your house). nobody can snoop what your doing. Wireless.. even if the traffic is encrypted. It only takes a matter of time, before that encryption is broken.
Here's some thoughts about building a wired network.
1. Build in over capacity. what you use today will not be what you use tomorrow. Networking devices is only growing. So if you think you need 2 connections in a room, go with 4, or 6. I would build it huge. You will never get this shot again, so might as well go super overboard.
2. Find a central spot in your house. This will be your data center. I'd pick an easy spot in the house that is pretty equal to all the other parts. It doesn't matter where it is, (basement is a good spot, but you may not have one).
3. It doesn't matter how many ports are on the router, you really only need 1 spot on the router, to feed into a network switch. The set-up to build a proper network isn't hard, but does take a bit of research.
Basic theory.
You'll have some kind of modem (DSL, Cable, etc). This is your connection from the street.
One cable goes from this to the router.
One cable goes to a switch
Every active network drop gets one cable from switch to patch panel, another from jack to device.
Every jack should be matched up to a place on the panel. (though you can use 2 jacks, panel is cleaner in my opinion). Basically the signal from the modem is spilt by the router, the switch creates a bridge to send the internet to the jacks, where the computer/print/etc picks up network signal from the wall.
To get wireless as well. you'll need to buy a wireless access point. This adds wireless networking. It will feed off the main switch.
Equipment your going to need to build the network.
1. A punch down tool. This will terminate the wires into the block and/or jack
http://www.buy.com/prod/paladin-tools-surepunch-pro-punch-down-tool-double-110-blade/q/listingid/73151623/loc/66357/208160453.html
2. a punch down panel. I'd recommend otronics as a company. They are the leader. You get what you pay for with infrastructure. You only have one shot at this, don't be cheap. just spend the money now.. or you will be left with headaches later. 48 ports should be enough for the house. (depends on what you need)
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?edc=478612&cm_mmc=ShoppingFeeds-_-GoogleBase-_-Cables-_-478612_Ortronics%20Clarity%206%20patch%20panel%20-%202U_ORS-PHD66U48
3. lots of jacket You'll need one of these for every connection.
http://store.stsi.com/or-tj600-88.html
4. faceplates. They come in any number. (1,2,4,6, etc). Every jack needs a faceplate to tie it securely to the wall (use an electrical box to tie faceplate to the wall.
here's an example- http://store.stsi.com/or-40300546.htm
Routers/switches/wireless access points.
1. Routers.. I'm going to give you what I think is a good one, but there are many good ones.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31222-first-test-d-link-dir-665-xtreme-n-450-gigabit-router
smallnetbuilder.com is a great site for doing research on consumer grade networking gear.
2. Switches. I'd go with HP. It's a bit more than netgear or linksys, but it carry's a lifetime warranty. If it ever breaks, they offer 24 hour replacement. something like this would be sufficient to run your network (depending on size), you can stack them (meaning you can put 2 together) if you need to expand your network
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833316158
3. Wireless access points(wireless ap) It might be worth buying the Power over ethernet (poe) (basically the ethernet cable powers the device) as it saves you from worrying about power requirements, and allows you to place the device anywhere to provide you the best range. It's something to consider, they are alot more expensive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833316158 This is a poe wireless ap
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127146 non poe wireless ap.
Your husband is pretty smart. It is a very wise move to wire the house, when the walls are all down. In the future, this will be a huge selling feature to your home. Wireless may be the easiest thing to do, but it won't add value to your home, nor will offer near the benefits of having a true wired network.
Wired network is better for 3 reasons; throughput, reliability, and security.
- Throughput- Wired networks are point to point connections, where is wireless is pooled.. meaning every wired connections has a dedicated connection. with wireless it's shared, so as your increase the amount of computers using wireless, the connection gets worse and worse.
-reliability- wired.. not much can harm it, minus physically cutting the cable. Wireless, everything can effect a radio signal; things like.. a baby monitor, garage door open, metal in the wall, other wireless signal.
-security. Unless someone physically plugs into your wired network (someone would have to break into your house). nobody can snoop what your doing. Wireless.. even if the traffic is encrypted. It only takes a matter of time, before that encryption is broken.
Here's some thoughts about building a wired network.
1. Build in over capacity. what you use today will not be what you use tomorrow. Networking devices is only growing. So if you think you need 2 connections in a room, go with 4, or 6. I would build it huge. You will never get this shot again, so might as well go super overboard.
2. Find a central spot in your house. This will be your data center. I'd pick an easy spot in the house that is pretty equal to all the other parts. It doesn't matter where it is, (basement is a good spot, but you may not have one).
3. It doesn't matter how many ports are on the router, you really only need 1 spot on the router, to feed into a network switch. The set-up to build a proper network isn't hard, but does take a bit of research.
Basic theory.
You'll have some kind of modem (DSL, Cable, etc). This is your connection from the street.
One cable goes from this to the router.
One cable goes to a switch
Every active network drop gets one cable from switch to patch panel, another from jack to device.
Every jack should be matched up to a place on the panel. (though you can use 2 jacks, panel is cleaner in my opinion). Basically the signal from the modem is spilt by the router, the switch creates a bridge to send the internet to the jacks, where the computer/print/etc picks up network signal from the wall.
To get wireless as well. you'll need to buy a wireless access point. This adds wireless networking. It will feed off the main switch.
Equipment your going to need to build the network.
1. A punch down tool. This will terminate the wires into the block and/or jack
http://www.buy.com/prod/paladin-tools-surepunch-pro-punch-down-tool-double-110-blade/q/listingid/73151623/loc/66357/208160453.html
2. a punch down panel. I'd recommend otronics as a company. They are the leader. You get what you pay for with infrastructure. You only have one shot at this, don't be cheap. just spend the money now.. or you will be left with headaches later. 48 ports should be enough for the house. (depends on what you need)
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?edc=478612&cm_mmc=ShoppingFeeds-_-GoogleBase-_-Cables-_-478612_Ortronics%20Clarity%206%20patch%20panel%20-%202U_ORS-PHD66U48
3. lots of jacket You'll need one of these for every connection.
http://store.stsi.com/or-tj600-88.html
4. faceplates. They come in any number. (1,2,4,6, etc). Every jack needs a faceplate to tie it securely to the wall (use an electrical box to tie faceplate to the wall.
here's an example- http://store.stsi.com/or-40300546.htm
Routers/switches/wireless access points.
1. Routers.. I'm going to give you what I think is a good one, but there are many good ones.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31222-first-test-d-link-dir-665-xtreme-n-450-gigabit-router
smallnetbuilder.com is a great site for doing research on consumer grade networking gear.
2. Switches. I'd go with HP. It's a bit more than netgear or linksys, but it carry's a lifetime warranty. If it ever breaks, they offer 24 hour replacement. something like this would be sufficient to run your network (depending on size), you can stack them (meaning you can put 2 together) if you need to expand your network
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833316158
3. Wireless access points(wireless ap) It might be worth buying the Power over ethernet (poe) (basically the ethernet cable powers the device) as it saves you from worrying about power requirements, and allows you to place the device anywhere to provide you the best range. It's something to consider, they are alot more expensive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833316158 This is a poe wireless ap
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127146 non poe wireless ap.
Is anyone a firefighter or close with on?
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I am considering a firefighter as an occupation and i am curious about the hours, what you do daily and is the pay good enough to live a good lifestyle where you can afford a nice car etc ?
and are you forced to work on special occasions like Christmas or New years etc etc
and is there any down time while working like ive seen in a movie where there playing basketball...is there any truth to that or is it mostly working i really want to know what they do daily
thanks:)
Answer
Hours- I work two 24 hour shifts a week.
Pay- I support a family of 3 while my girlfriend is stay at home mom in college. We have a nice house, nice car etc. Paramedic status will get you about 60,000 a year to start. Some depts won't give you anything for medic status. Some Depts require you to have medic status.
Holidays- I work almost every holiday. Veteran firefighters will usually get holidays off.
Down time- After your equipment is stalked, cleaned, and the firehouse is maintained yes you can play pool, catch, whatever your little heart desires. I have gone a full 24 hour shift with no calls before. And i have also gone a full 24 hour shift where i didn't step foot in the firehouse just because of one call after another.
Misconception of firefighter- A lot of people believe firefighters just respond to fires and rescue people from the tops of buildings. Reality is the majority of the job is medical. This week i had one small brush fire and about 10 still alarms( or "false" alarms) and maybe 100 medicals. No building fire where you see in the movies that we all explode after saving someones life. Yes it is dangerous and there are building fires. But thats not why me or most of my co workers took the job. I was a paramedic for 1 year before getting hired as a firefighter. If you don't want medical calls then this job isn't for you. You see a lot of people die each day. I won't go into full detail about it but- i have seen beheadings, amputations, obviously people dying in various age groups. 1 day- 95 years.
Getting hired- It is not an easy process like mcdonalds where you just walk in and grab an application. I had to work my butt off to get on the Dept. Like i said i have paramedic status, and also veteran status (marines) plus a bachelors in fire science safety and arson. The dept i work for hasn't accepted anyone in over 10 years without vet status. Meaning everyone i work with ( exception of one) is in some form of special forces.
You may also not get what you want and hate it. Some people do nothing but drive engines and ladders. Others do nothing but paramedic, EMT, or search and rescue, hydrant man(woman), vent man(woman), roof man(woman). I started off as interior attack crew, they run in with the hose and attack the fire. After about a month they moved me to roof man, i couldn't stand it because i am not a fan of heights so i have been paramedic for the past 2 years and love it. However you may get a dept that won't grant you wishes and you may be a roof man your whole career. Everyone wants search and rescue, everyone has been on the list for years. When one retires or request another job they will move the list up.
Just some review on the job good luck.
Hours- I work two 24 hour shifts a week.
Pay- I support a family of 3 while my girlfriend is stay at home mom in college. We have a nice house, nice car etc. Paramedic status will get you about 60,000 a year to start. Some depts won't give you anything for medic status. Some Depts require you to have medic status.
Holidays- I work almost every holiday. Veteran firefighters will usually get holidays off.
Down time- After your equipment is stalked, cleaned, and the firehouse is maintained yes you can play pool, catch, whatever your little heart desires. I have gone a full 24 hour shift with no calls before. And i have also gone a full 24 hour shift where i didn't step foot in the firehouse just because of one call after another.
Misconception of firefighter- A lot of people believe firefighters just respond to fires and rescue people from the tops of buildings. Reality is the majority of the job is medical. This week i had one small brush fire and about 10 still alarms( or "false" alarms) and maybe 100 medicals. No building fire where you see in the movies that we all explode after saving someones life. Yes it is dangerous and there are building fires. But thats not why me or most of my co workers took the job. I was a paramedic for 1 year before getting hired as a firefighter. If you don't want medical calls then this job isn't for you. You see a lot of people die each day. I won't go into full detail about it but- i have seen beheadings, amputations, obviously people dying in various age groups. 1 day- 95 years.
Getting hired- It is not an easy process like mcdonalds where you just walk in and grab an application. I had to work my butt off to get on the Dept. Like i said i have paramedic status, and also veteran status (marines) plus a bachelors in fire science safety and arson. The dept i work for hasn't accepted anyone in over 10 years without vet status. Meaning everyone i work with ( exception of one) is in some form of special forces.
You may also not get what you want and hate it. Some people do nothing but drive engines and ladders. Others do nothing but paramedic, EMT, or search and rescue, hydrant man(woman), vent man(woman), roof man(woman). I started off as interior attack crew, they run in with the hose and attack the fire. After about a month they moved me to roof man, i couldn't stand it because i am not a fan of heights so i have been paramedic for the past 2 years and love it. However you may get a dept that won't grant you wishes and you may be a roof man your whole career. Everyone wants search and rescue, everyone has been on the list for years. When one retires or request another job they will move the list up.
Just some review on the job good luck.
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