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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: Enough CAT5?
> The new WLAN technologies will
be
100Mb+, and due next year.
But cable can do 1Ghz! Wireless is always
going
to be playing catch up.
> Windows XP supports RADIUS
for
both
> wired and wireless network security
which
encrypts every packet at the OS level so there's no need for
the
> cards themselves to offer it (It
is
like running a VPN on your local network).
Cable will
still
be more secure
> If the Marantz RC-5200 (?) has
sufficient range, then IR distribution is taken care of.
A good option for a one room setup, but not really
a
replacement for a hard-wired multi zone IR
system.
> I already have curtain
control
through X10.
Which requires cables!
:-)
> I realise that in order to do it
today you need CAT5, but I don't think it will be necessary in a
couple
of
> years.
Yep...this
may be
the case for SOME things (like LAN points). But like I said,
hardwired
will always be cheaper/more-reliable etc etc.
M.
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