Ethernet Wired Homes - Interference prone?
 

DOUGLAS SNOWDEN wrote:
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

I've wired my own home with Cat5 and have no problems, in either direction.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

DOUGLAS SNOWDEN wrote:
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

I've wired my own home with Cat5 and have no problems, in either direction.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

I've got CAT5 Etherenet in my house (even in my shack) and have no
problems either way. CAT5 is balanced and very tightly twisted so
there is not a lot of leakage. You wouldn't want to run an antenna
right next to it, but it is fine for a normal installation.

I've got CAT5 Etherenet in my house (even in my shack) and have no
problems either way. CAT5 is balanced and very tightly twisted so
there is not a lot of leakage. You wouldn't want to run an antenna
right next to it, but it is fine for a normal installation.

I have several PC's wired to a hub router and ADSL, using cat 5
connections. No problems have been detected with RF noise.
In article , DOUGLAS SNOWDEN
writes
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

Doug N4IJ



--
Ken Ashcroft

I have several PC's wired to a hub router and ADSL, using cat 5
connections. No problems have been detected with RF noise.
In article , DOUGLAS SNOWDEN
writes
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

Doug N4IJ



--
Ken Ashcroft

Doug -

"Properly installed" should be NO problem

I installed miles of Cat 5 running Ethernet at a major hospital.

Due to ICU, Surgery, Radiology and Lab departments, we swept the entire area
for
any potential interference - which would interfere with patient support
equipment.

NONE. The industry does not need "urban legends"

"Properly installed" is the key aspect --- and their are a number of
certification organizations
for installers and contractors.

gb

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"DOUGLAS SNOWDEN" wrote in message
...
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have
had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

Doug N4IJ

Doug -

"Properly installed" should be NO problem

I installed miles of Cat 5 running Ethernet at a major hospital.

Due to ICU, Surgery, Radiology and Lab departments, we swept the entire area
for
any potential interference - which would interfere with patient support
equipment.

NONE. The industry does not need "urban legends"

"Properly installed" is the key aspect --- and their are a number of
certification organizations
for installers and contractors.

gb

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"DOUGLAS SNOWDEN" wrote in message
...
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have
had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

Doug N4IJ

Ken Ashcroft wrote:
I have several PC's wired to a hub router and ADSL, using cat 5
connections. No problems have been detected with RF noise.
In article , DOUGLAS SNOWDEN
writes
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

In my experience at home and at work, it's OK unless and untill a
hub, switch, or NIC decides to get noisy. Then it's time to get out
the handheld scanner and start tracking it down. The radio shop at
WeBuildHighways, my day job, had a bad switch, and it took a day to
find out what was trashing their VHF reception.

Aside from that, it's just fine.

--
Viagra's not what it's cracked up to be. I took a dozen last night and
only nine worked.

Ken Ashcroft wrote:
I have several PC's wired to a hub router and ADSL, using cat 5
connections. No problems have been detected with RF noise.
In article , DOUGLAS SNOWDEN
writes
Just curious, have any of you had trouble with your neighbors that have had
their homes wired with CAT5 cable? Does it want to act like an antenna and
cause intereference (to them and you) ???

In my experience at home and at work, it's OK unless and untill a
hub, switch, or NIC decides to get noisy. Then it's time to get out
the handheld scanner and start tracking it down. The radio shop at
WeBuildHighways, my day job, had a bad switch, and it took a day to
find out what was trashing their VHF reception.

Aside from that, it's just fine.

--
Viagra's not what it's cracked up to be. I took a dozen last night and
only nine worked.