Quote Originally Posted by swordsman View Post
haven't had a chance to talk to my contractor yet, but one guy in MC Home Depot, where i'm window shopping, mentioned for the data/internet cabling, the control box usually used is just a hub. for the cable tv, it's usually just an ordinatry cable tv signal splitter. same with the telephone. he mentioned that the important thing is the cable used, and suggested to only use Belden brand.

oh well, i thought it was like an ibm home director network control center..

Well, for the actual splitting of LAN cables to the rooms, you will just need a network hub or switch (switch is better). But you will still need a location for all those cables, network switch, router, etc to be installed and maybe hidden from view (but with proper ventilation).