RE: Enough CAT5?

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

The problem is that Bluetooth is VERY short range so large distances wont work. It is designed to allow devices to communicate when they are physically close together without the hassle of plugging it in. That would mean multiple gateways around the home that would either communicate with higher power RF signals, or dare I say it....be WIRED together.

 

802.11 carries over a much greater distance thereby creating a different problem, when it is affordable enough for all your neighbours to use, the band will be flooded and even if the security issues are sorted (which would probably mean extra data for encryption) the throughput would slow down.

 

Network congestion is why people upgrade from Hubs to Switches to partition the LAN effectively into separate LAN's. How do you partion the atmosphere ???

 

As Mark said, each technology has its place but a cabled solution, whilst more hassle to implement, will always offer more bandwidth and greater security and greater flexibility.

 

One of the driving forces behind the development of KAT5 was the fact that despite there being 47 channels in the UHF TV band, I couldnt find channels that would remain free from interference to allow 8 different signals to be distributed.

 

Keith

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 September 2001 18:36
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Enough CAT5?

Its not personal!

 

If I was re-wiring I WOULD run cat5 to every socket and light switch - as we all know X10 isn't always 100% reliable. For everything else I'll continue to use wireless, with a home made antenna on the "server" high enough up to guarantee full coverage.

 

I agree that wireless has its limitations, but there's a lot of new stuff on the horizon, and it does have a massive advantage - you do't have to pre-plan.

 

I wonder if we'll see Bluetooth or 802.11 based home control devices?

 

Tim.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 September 2001 17:13
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Enough CAT5?

Can't agree with you on this one Tim - so what's new :-)

 

I have both CAT5 and wireless in our home and both have their pros and cons.

 

M.

 

 

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