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	Cabling Perhaps the single most important element of an efficient Local Area Network is the network wiring. Just like our country's interstate highway system, if you want to get traffic from one place to another as fast and as safely as possible, you must have good, well-planned, well-maintained, limited access roadways. The same is true for LAN wiring. It takes good planning to have a good network. The wiring is the backbone of every LAN. The difference between poor network performance and useable, robust network activity starts right here. The wiring is also one of the most costly elements in a LAN. Wiring is expensive to install, disruptive during the installation process, and can place impossible limits on the LAN's users or it can really let the info flow, depending on what kind of wiring you choose and how it is installed. The speed and distance of early microcomputer network LANs were short and slow, mainly because of the computer's processing ability. Today's computers can process at amazing speed and make old network wiring slow and even unresponsive. To a novice, all the hype about Windows 9X, 2000 Networks running on 10/100BT Ethernet over 10/100mbs rated wiring may seem to be the solution to everyone's networking problems. But, a closer look may be in order…. Computers talk to the file server and to each other in packets of data across a LAN. One important consideration in determining which network wiring is best for your LAN is the size in bytes of the packets your network operating system will use. Another consideration is the number of packets your system will need to transmit during peak periods of time. And of course, distance has to be figured into the equation to be able to predict with any accuracy, what kind of wiring, and other related communications equipment are required to make your LAN responsive to the needs of the end-users. 10BT, 100BT, 350BT, twisted-pair and or fiber -- a close analysis of your firms Total Projected Wiring Activity by hyde.com before purchasing expensive equipment can save you many $$$$$, many hours, and much frustration.