xdc the doc

You guys on BFBC?

Shout out next time you are on!

Lol – seriously though.

Put your mouse over his little romantic bird icon on the site…. it pukes its guts out! I was seriously in stitches when I saw it 🙂

Turks. If you tile a repeating image you could get a very similar background to the one you have there but with a lot less downloading required.

You ruined it!!!!!!!!

@=XDC= wild egg tamer wrote:

cheers guys.

Why run two lines of cat5e ? Is it simply to have 2 data points at each outlet or is there more to it ?

Thats all there is to it…. but the argument is… cable is cheap… why run one when you can run two? It is sensible future proofing.

@=XDC= wild egg tamer wrote:

The router is actually going to be upstairs in one of the bedrooms (currently in my box room) so i can put all the stuff up there and have it hidden away in a wardrobe or cupboard.

The sky comes in downstairs by the TV so i guess i’l have to put the splitter there, which one did you use doc and how good is it? i’ll probably only be running the sky into the extension anyhow so may just piggyback off the box for that.

In your setup, i understand you have all your media on your NAS. What do you use to access that media at the various points ? For example, if i have my TV in my front room and another in the extension and myself and Claire want 2 separate feeds (she a film, myself some music for example) what would you use from those points to stream the media to the TV/AV receiver ? I’m guessing a playstation or xbox could be used and obviously a laptop but i wonder if you use a specific media streaming device that may also allow you to access internet radio from any of those points ?

The sky questions have been answered I think (BTW – that is why I told you to run 2 coax everywhere.)

My nas has all the media… it outputs only to monitors in my house (I dont own a TV!) but a lot of modern tellies let you connect to networks anyway dont they? Xbox or playstation would certainly do the job if your TV is an old one though.

For internet radio – you can just install squeezebox on your NAS..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeezebox_Server

@=XDC= wild egg tamer wrote:

looking at your setup doc:

you say you have audio and data patch panels as well as a 24 port switch. Would i need these ?

If they are not required then i assume all i need to do is connect the router to the switch panel. Run separate lines out from the switch to the data points. Connect the NAS to the router (or switch?) and then hopefully have interweb/network access at all points?

Thats it basically – you dont need the voice panel that I have there – or the data panel (though it keeps things nice and tidy.) You could just go straight to your switch.

@=XDC= wild egg tamer wrote:

I used to have a punchdown tool when i was an electrician many moons ago but think i lent it out and never got it back. I think i still have some of those cheap plastic tools you get free with a BT faceplate – any good ? 😉

No – you are better buying a proper Krone type punch down tool for cat 5 connections – it isn;t quite the same as punching down plain old telephone wire connections (I think.)

I thought you had the basics already.

You want a structured wiring system… so all points go to one place in the house… so that is your tv area. Work out how much cable you need to run from there to each point. I would advise that you run two lines of cat 5e

http://www.cablemonkey.co.uk/acatalog/UTP_Solid_Cable.html

and also two lines of coaxial.

Buy some faceplates

http://www.cablemonkey.co.uk/acatalog/Cable_Monkey_Shop_UTP_Outlets_151.html#a008_2d001_2d005_2d21

And learn from youtube how to punch down your wires (I ended up paying my leccy to do this – but he ripped me off and I wish I had just bought the tools myself.) You need a punchdown tool.

http://www.cablemonkey.co.uk/acatalog/tools.html

At your TV area you need to plug all these cables into a switch…. buy it on ebay.

Then your router plugs into the switch.

make sure your router and switch are 1gig network capable.

You can also get a splitter for your sky and hook up your co axials here.

Problem with having it in the living room is it will be unsightly – – you need to think about a case of some sort to hide it all away.

Lastly… you dont need that medi8r thing – though it is probably fine.

I would just buy a cheap NAS box and hook that into your network for all your media streaming.

Other things to do with network… I just bought a network camera. It is set to keep an eye on the baby when we are downstairs (can watch her on the laptop.) Now that I have proved the concept (using it on my LAN/ accessing it remotely on the net.) I am now going to spend a couple of hundred quid on an IR camera that works in the dark to use for security.

If anyone breaks in… motion sensors take pictures of the guy… and emails them to me!!!

I love this stuff.

@Alzir wrote:

What are you bumping this for ffs, this was the most incredibly shit job in the world to take.

I think you will find that THIS

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Is the worst job in the world.

How about a few of us try and get on tonight for a game? I am on call so could be a bit flaky – but if possible will get on PC about 9ish to see if any1 is up for it.