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WOW, thanks for the response Kent! I've been reading up on the VLAN capabilities of this switch as well as access control lists. (I have VERY basic Cisco knowledge) I am most definately going to have fun with this piece of hardware. :-) That DLink 24port that you have is really nice. That might...

I was in need of a new network switch since I ran out of room on my measly 5 port DSL router. I was looking at some nicer Netgear, etc but I ended up getting an end-of-life Cisco Catalyst 2980G from work. Does anyone have any experience with these switches? Any pitfalls?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00...mmbevigaotst-20 Not sure of the quality of this product, but $700 discount is a pretty big chunk of change to save!

its not that the hole is too small, its just right for my sensor. the issue is that the wire goes through 2 2x6's and then through the trim. i am unable to push the wire back into the hole for some reason. i dont have the link off hand, but they are tane micros (sorry for the confusion). i think...

So here's my issue. When my builder trimmed everything out, he jus drilled a hole in the frame and pulled the wire through fortwo of my sensors. i have the tang micro recessed mags. I tried to see if there is any play in te wire so I can feed it back in after connecting the mag, but there isnt...

has anyone seen these yet? looks pretty neat. i wonder how difficult it would be to interface one of these with Elk? http://www.silverpac.com/products/smart-energy.html

I ended up getting a Greenlee DM-40 Digital Multimeter. It was on sale for $29 and had read some good reviews on it. Plus it included a thermocouple, which could come in handy. Next stop, house!

Yes, let me clarify. I have the contacts installed/terminated and the 22/4 run to my home run location. I don't have my Elk yet. I wanted to test to make sure the wiring hasn't been fubar'd by the insulation guys, other workers, or by me ;) ... I used those little gel filled telco crimps (which...

I don't have a continuity tester at my disposal, but I have plenty of spare parts lying around. I was thinking about wiring up a quick battery/led circuit to test my alarm contacts. When magnet is on, led lights up, take magnet off, led turns off. Just a simple continuity test. I used the Tane...

hahaha. ran out of 22/4. had to go to HD to get some at ourageous prices! going back today to modify the j-boxes and run a few more cables.

well yeah. what i meant was since he is running the initial group of cat5/rg6 to the typical locations, he is going to drill a few extra holes for me to use as runs for my LV stuff.

well, i have a team of 5 guys helping me out, so im hoping we can get it banged out. the electrician is going to predrill a lot of holes for me, so that will same some time.

so walkthrough went good. except they said they will be done saturday and i have UNTIL MONDAY to get my stuff done. time to scramble!

So I have the walkthrough tomorrow morning at 8am. Any advice on things I should request/look for? I'm homerunning roughly 50xCat5e, 50 RG6, 2000' 22/4. The typical network/video/security installation. Suggestions for power @ panel?

i saw that, and thanks! i bought ~450 ft for $0.08/ft. :-)

How should I handle the 3 way switches? Since I am just going to prewire, (and I haven't gotten to do my electrical walkthrough yet) I assume the sparky is just going to put in a handful of 3 ways (hallway, stairway, kitchen/greatroom, etc) Since ALC may not actually happen, i don't want them to...

i'm doing that now. i just found some good posts and am hunting down the install manuals. thanks!

I'm getting ready to prewire everything and I may have some cat5e left over. I'm thinking about prewiring for ALC. What would be the constraints that I should look out for? The house isn't big (I do not yet know how many switches there will be) but we are looking at a combined 2400 sq ft (main...

i thought about that but since i got cat5e instead of cat6, i wasn't sure the 24awg would work very well.

just an update, found a good deal for 1000' belden 1242a (22/4 solid) for $50 on ebay. snagged that one up.