[Amps] RFI - Small Home Network?

[Geert Jan de Groot]

> I would like to set up a small home network of 4 to 5 computers 
> scattered throughout the house, including 2 in the shack.  I am 
> connected to the internet through a cable modem and a PC running 
> Smoothwall before I get to this machine.  Should I use CAT5?  Wireless?  

In addition to the suggestions already given, if you're using cat5,
suggest you try 10 mbit ethernet (10BASE-T) rather than 100 mbit.

10 mbit ethernet uses manchester encoding and hence only causes
spectrum spikes every 5 Mhz (with sidebands, I know..)
100 mbit ethernet uses a different encoding that causes a lot more
noise all over the band.

Just a suggestion,

Geert Jan