Re: Mains networking - attn Oz

On Saturday, in article
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Oz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Oz" wrote:

Jim Backus <bhj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

From the description of your house I think ethernet over mains would be far
more reliable.

This house is (mostly) hardwired. The cables go round the outside and
enter via a small hole drilled through the window. This works Very Well
Indeed. The (4-way) router/modem/dchp sits on the wall, in front of my
desk as does the other (6-way) router connected to same.
gests just plug into the socket in one of the guest rooms, windoze and
dchp sorts the connection out automagically.

It was surprisingly easy to wire it up and actually the standard 8=core
cable allows you to run 4 connections down one cable.

There is a slight problem in that the plugs (generally) need stranded
wire but sockets etc prefer solid (which is cheapest). However I found
that with the right plug, and stripping off the insulation, I could
connect plugs to solid connectors. The tool for plugs can be 80 quid,
bit perfectly good ones are about for around a tenner or so.

If the cables have prefitted plugs then you need rather a BIG hole
through the window to get the plug through! Not recommended.

I understand the preferred answer is fixed sockets, with hardware
connected by plug-plug patchleads.

You can also get into the territory of the patchbay--a box which lets
you rearrange circuits so that you can have wiring to every room, but
you don't have to connect every socket. You might have four sockets in a
room, but two are behind furniture. Rearrange furniture, and all you
need to do is change a couple of leads in the patch-bay to activate the
accessible sockets.

This is serious networking stuff. The principle is simple enough, but
things need planning. With a patchbay system, you could have the router
as part of the patchbay, but then you need access to power.

Oz may have built a solution which is a little too inflexible.

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