Me?
Nah Locutuscrazyballer
Go with the Cisco Catalyst switches lol.
Why?
poops and grins
CAUSE CISCO IS MAD L33T SAUCE?
should he get a switch that uses store and forward or cut through?
Def get a layer 3 switch :tup:
Linksys 8-port switch would do just fine in any house.
Only time I would go bigger is if you are running web/email servers from the network.
Cat 5e, CL3 in-wall rated; have the entire 2nd floor wired; will be wiring the 1st floor later when I start remodeling down there.
And make sure you have full QoS on your home network 
I am running a cisco pix at home :lol:
I have a Juniper SSG20
Soooo pointless tho. Just cool.
like previously mentioned, do not buy plenum-rated cable. i’ve seen a few people waste a lot of money doing that 
how much do you need? i bought 1000’ of cat5e and havent put a dent in it…
Come to think of if. I have a side job doing a SIP PBX and phone deployment coming up. I might need to grab some cable off you skatanic 
I will let you know.
Hey Jon, your building codes are different then ours.
Hell, the building code 6 blocks away from me are different then mine.
That being said, ours has two be at least 12" from electrical wiring. Well, when cutting through studwall.