FTO AUSTRALIA

Its ridiculous now, I bought a 1.5TB the other day for $90

And the exchange rate is only getting better, so parts will get cheaper againt towards the end of the year. They reckon it'll be 96USc to the Aus dollar by xmas.

Yep, bought 3 x 2TB 5400rpm WD greens for my home server for a cool $350 a few weeks back, that should last me till the end of the year at least

Bennoz wrote:They reckon it'll be 96USc to the Aus dollar by xmas.

I think I'll import myself some Intel SSD's as a christmas present.

Bennoz wrote:Its ridiculous now, I bought a 1.5TB the other day for $90

And the exchange rate is only getting better, so parts will get cheaper againt towards the end of the year. They reckon it'll be 96USc to the Aus dollar by xmas.

Really? I thought with Gillard we will be down to 30c soon

Strangely enough, not even the governments ineptness can slow our economy at present. Mind you, they had a good crack at it with the mining tax..

Bennoz wrote:Strangely enough, not even the governments ineptness can slow our economy at present. Mind you, they had a good crack at it with the mining tax..

believe it or not its because of the earthquake back home...

all the americans and euro's have invested in NZ buisness (mainly construction) and as a result the NZ dollar has grown
but the US and the EURO has fallen hugely so its not makin the aussie dollar look too bad

sux for my mrs whos got all her money in a french account

Yeah that would suck.

SchumieFan wrote:sux for my mrs whos got all her money in a french account

Yeah but you got your cock wedged in a French till, win!

Ok question time.

I have wired the whole house cat 6 cable (2 ports to each room). Now I understand How I terminate the cables in the respective room but what about at where the router is. Do I just have 15 cables coming out of a hole in the gib board?

Whats the difference between a managed and unmanaged router.

Could I use this http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?mai ... s_id=14383

Whats the difference between a switch, a patch panel, a hub, and a router?

And all answers like you were talking to a mooron.....cause you are

Google.

No sh*t sherlock. I tried that but then it gets all techincal and I start falling asleep. SO f**k OFF

Understandable... There was a reason I stopped studying it and you found it lol..
I'll answer when I get home on my computer,.. Cbf typing all that on my phone lol

You should just need a router and a switch.
Based on what you want, you do not need a managed switch.

A simple unmanaged switch + a router and you are done.

Patch panel is for changing your cable connection to another switch, etc.
It is more like a track changeover, if you understand that better, for trains to go a different route.

A hub is something like a switch, but way crappier, so do not use that.


edit: And yes, you can use something like that from PCcasegear. Will recommend Dlink though, over Asus, for network products.

edit2: I must be tired, missed so many parts of your questions. Plug all the 15 cables coming out into the switch. And then, 1 cable from the router to the switch. Note: Do not use the WAN port for this connection, if there is one on the router.

I8A4RE wrote:Ok question time.

I have wired the whole house cat 6 cable (2 ports to each room). Now I understand How I terminate the cables in the respective room but what about at where the router is. Do I just have 15 cables coming out of a hole in the gib board?

Whats the difference between a managed and unmanaged router.

Could I use this http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?mai ... s_id=14383

Whats the difference between a switch, a patch panel, a hub, and a router?

And all answers like you were talking to a mooron.....cause you are

Patch panel is for changing your cable connection to another switch, etc.
It is more like a track changeover, if you understand that better, for trains to go a different route. Why would someone want to do this?

And yes, you can use something like that from PCcasegear. Will recommend Dlink though, over Asus, for network products. Ok cool, but I would still need a switch with this? What would be the point of getting a 24 port router if it still needs to go to a switch?

Plug all the 15 cables coming out into the switch. Yeah I understand that but so I have the cables just coming out of a hole in the wall or do I use some sort of wall plate?

The cables run in to the back of the patch panel, you plug short cables from the front of the patch panel into the switch.

Like so. All the wiring in the house is crimped onto the back of that patch panel running along the top.

Bennoz wrote:Like so. All the wiring in the house is crimped onto the back of that patch panel running along the top.

Ahhh! thats what I was looking for.

Ok so brands for patch panels, routers and switches? Dlink?

Brands all down to personal preferences and budget.

Switch: Dlink
Router: Linksys / Billion (Assuming you connect to the net via ADSL2+, and these brands have the better ADSL modems built-in to router and firmware)

not belkin

FFS this is impossible. I google 24 port switch and prices range from $100-$7000.

Come on guys need some help.

Is this overkill or exactly what I need?

http://www.dlink.com.au/products/?pid=338