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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (62924)	8/20/1998 11:04:00 PM
From: L. Adam Latham	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Eric: Re: 100M is very cheap at the computer end, $60 bucks. It's the hubs that can cost a bit of money $200-600, so I'm going to use 10M hubs for now and go to 100 if and when I need them and the price becomes reasonable. I have zero first-hand experience with 100M Ethernet, but I was under the impression that it required more delicate cable installation than 10M Ethernet. Is this true? Can a DIYer install 100M line and have it function correctly? Thanks, Adam

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (62924)	8/23/1998 11:53:00 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 186894

Eric - Good point on the advantages of a home network. I also went this way about a year ago. I have a central server which runs proxy for the web, and also does modem and FAX pooling, so that a single central location does high speed net access and handles incoming / outgoing fax and private modem traffic. I bought an 8-port 10/100 hub which auto-senses, I think it was about $1K. I ran a few new lines with CAT6 for the 100M links but for most of the runs I used existing pairs in the phone wiring and 10M connections. I have had almost no problems with the installation. Everyone in the family immediately picked up on the benefits, even though they had no knowledge of the underlying technology. My son, who communicates with friends over a proprietary AOL chat system that is not web-aware but also wants to be on the web at the same time, can go to any machine in the house and get identical access, and his incoming mail is also available wherever he logs in. My wife doesn't care much about the web but does like to have access to the household finances, so central management is important there too. She also gets a lot of the FAX traffic, including invitations from friends (FAX seems to have become the preferred method of sending directions etc.) and also stuff like kids shot records for school. I did this by buying a server with MS Small Business Server - it was probably overkill but the whole setup was less than $6,000 and installation was easy. I have a lot of features I am not using yet, like internal web hosting. I have recently started playing with ADSL connections, which have been available here for about 6 months. A few of my friends have them also, and the response over a 1.5 mbps link is pretty snappy. I would like to try some VPN stuff for interactive gaming and private mail but the general purpose systems are not quite there yet.