[TAG] Wiring a house with ethernet

Mike Orr mso at oz.net
Thu Oct 13 16:43:54 MSD 2005


Jimmy O'Regan wrote:

> If I was to cable a building tomorrow, I'd buy a lot of coloured tape, 
> and colour-code each cable every foot or two. I once had to recable a 
> place after rats chewed through some of the cables -- it would have 
> been nice to have been able to tell at a glance which cables had to be 
> replaced, rather than having to check each of them.



Yes, labels are very helpful.  Not sure I'd do every foot, but at least 
label the ends and Ethernet jacks.

-- Mike





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