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Its the earthing bit Im struggling with - cant find a straight answer yet - the patch panel isnt shielded / grounded so nothing to attach it to in the attic (no water pipes) - unless it goes back through the switch plug or something - do both end need to be grounded too???

Thanks all - its going in conduit down the side of the house then its going in the very small gap between two extensions - very very little sun will get there - but I suppose some parts will get sun under the eaves I have the shielded/external stuff comming - so will use it just in case - the...

Hi all Im putting in two new runs of cat6 that I had left over from doing the house up Plan is to put in a IP camera and an external access point in I was planning on using the excel cable that I had left however should I be putting in shielded and external cable in ??? The runs are 20m max...

Thanks all - thats what I think would be best But hey he still wants windows 10 - some people :) Thanks anyway - he will come back when it reaches EOL

Hi all A friend has recently asked me to sort out his aging N40L - it wouldnt boot at all - turns out it was the PSU and it up and running fine again As SSDs are cheap im going to put a 250GB SSD in the optical to put the OS on it to give it a speed boost - takes minutes to start up at the...

Hi guys Ive been medling in the projector world - at first this was just for haloween and christmas displays for my 4 year old boy Now Ive started with a few cheaper options Im kinda itching to try a better one now as I can see uses in using it in his room and also in garden and for various...

Good point guys - decision made then - there will be a bit of trunking visible as I cant be bothered chasing out and then once its in the floor boards it will then be put in some sort of conduit to the final termination points - possibly drainpipes so yeh upgrading in future shouldnt be an issue...

Thats potentially one application I would use yeh. Thats about it to be honest at present but just want to future proof as much as I can really and get the best cable for a reasonable price.

Hi again - apologies for reviving this one....still making a decision on buying cable was just about to go for UTP Cat 6.....but still not sure. You read different things on different websites ie for 10gig spec you will have to use screened cable and what not. The excel cable has a HUGE...

So excel Cat6 UTP cable should be ample? I cant remeber where the electric cables are and the existing cat6 - they were close and in some areas we couldnt avoid if I remember right. Will see what we can do when we take up the floor boards again. I dont particulary like drilling big holes...

Hi all About to get new house extension built soonish and want to run more cat 6 or 6a cable Put in Cat6 about 10 years ago when we moved in and realise now that I should have laid more runs so as the new extension is going in now is the time to add more Was hoping to run about 12 more runs...

AFAIK you cant use ddns on a sim as the public IP is NAT 'ed onthe provider end - I think it MAY work on 3g with three but not sure how accurate that info is You will need a fixed IP or m2m sim I think Another way of viewing reliably is by using cameras that have P2P functionality I know there...

Hi all Im stumped at the moment - trying to set up a mac OS X mavericks to connect to a windows machine The windows machine has a static ip along with the mac too The windows 7 machine has been set to share one of its drives with everyone and set to full control No matter what I try...

Similar thoughts myself - have Windows Server 2012 being tested at the moment - but dont particulary like it (just not used to it I suppose) So - probably planning on probably putting windows 7 on in my case - saves faffing a bit Need xbmc too so cant use freenas etc

Hi all Just setting up a Microserver for a guy in work - after my glowing recommendation (shot myself in the foot) Hes a mac guy so has no real clue about windows so was just gonna put on vanilla windows 7 for him I have a n54l with Ubuntu Server on and thats great for me but dont want...

Hi Wondering if somebody can help Just installed an m4 128gb ssd on the optical port on my n36l Bios was already the russian bios Set the options to the SB config to the recommended As on the screen shot on here...

Just a qiuck question - bought an m4 128gb for the os drive for the N36l Just wondering if the performance is OK as Ive read it doesnt perform to good on write speeds - better than a spinning drive though Is that correct - should I get an older ssd maybe

Hi all Just about stating to look at getting a new laptop Not exactly sure what to go for at all - so many different types and form factors in the mix these days Is a touch screen worth getting? Perhaps wait for the MS Surface Pro? Was looking at a Dell XPS 15 but apparently they...

Hi all Have a friends PC to sort out over weekend and I think the hard drive is dying Its making a lot of thrashing noise just after doing a clean install with the hard drive activity light comming on a lot too - its really noisy Its a WD2000JS 200GB Drive - and when installing apps...

Hi all A friend in work is buying a new laptop - I dont think he needs one but his mind is made up Im a fan of the 2nd hand dell laptops - anyway hes gone from a budget of £550 to suddenly £900 or so ......no idea why Hes thinking of the Dell 17R Special Edition but I personally wouldnt...