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My house is currently in ruins and am building it. While doing so, I wanted to design a home network. My main objectives are surfing and HD streaming.
The house is one-level, 100 sq/m (about 300 sq/ft), and one of the rooms is a safety room with Reinforced concrete walls.
About a year ago, when I started planning, I thought about putting Cat 6 STP cables in the walls and create network points in the rooms.
Should I use STP or FTP? I heard that STP is a problem regarding connectors and stuff. Is it really beneficial? Will it work OK if I transfer the wire together with the telephone line?
Should I maybe go with WLan and count on 802.11n to enable me to stream HD across the house? is 802.11n that good?
Faruz
Posted 2010-02-23T08:15:43.467
Reputation: 178
Wired network is more stable than wireless network.Cat 6 STP cables is enough for home users. – John – 2010-02-23T08:23:30.833
STP is enough? STP is thicker than FTP AFAIK – Faruz – 2010-02-23T08:30:14.507
2Have you considered HomePlug too? The 200mbps one for HD streaming. – o.k.w – 2010-02-23T08:47:55.397
1Yep, considered it as well. Heard rumors it doesn't work properly if the entire house is not sitting on the same electric phase – Faruz – 2010-02-23T08:49:22.553
1No harm 'borrowing' a couple and give them a try. No cabling and all those hassle required. Installation is piece of cake too. – o.k.w – 2010-02-23T08:51:39.103