At this time, I wouldn't consider wireless. There is big problems with security. I did hear of a product which used the home wiring though. Can't remember how or where though. Maybe a search on google is in order. Terry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terry Klarich (KI5ZW) A man is not complete until he is married; then, he is finished. On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:42:31 -0500 (EST)you write: >That's great as long as you don't need to route cable from floor to floor >as I would in the three-story townhouse I own and live in! Looks like for >me that outside of the initial connection, that I'll have to go wireless >and that stops me almost in my tracks! it's expensive and I'm not >convinced that I'll get very good speed throughout. I also am concerned >about how to get it all talking to each of the boxes. I did find an >interesting device which hooks into the USB port and then will talk via >think it's a 2.4Ghz signal or perhaps 900MHZ/forget which and would have >to look it up in the specs. Does seem simple to put together though. >Still, it costs >nearly $100 per PC to do this. We don'thave access to drop cable between >floors through the walls. So only alternative with wired lan is to pull >up carpets and string that junk everywhere or drill holes in the floor >which I'm not keen on doing. > >If any of you have used wireless methods and have found a solution which >are reliable and won't break the bank! please let me know. > >Thanks! - Amanda Lee > > >On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Terry Klarich wrote: > >> Hello All: >> These days, I would highly suggest getting one of the personal router produc >ts on the market. They have a 10 m connection to >> connect to a cable modem or dsl device. On the other side, there is usuall >y a 4 port 100m switch you can use to build a local >> network. There are models with 56k modems built in as well. Got mine off e >bay for $25. >> >> My home network is built using one of these personal routers. Although, min >e has an ISDN port for the wan connection. I just have >> the smtp and ssh ports opened up for external connections. This is so I can > both receive mail and log into my machine via ssh >> remotely. >> >> I wouldn't even mention I was using linux. As long as you stay away from ms >n, aol ... etc you should be fine. Most ISP's support >> straight ppp with chap or pap. This is all you need. I would, however, try > and get a static IP though >> >> Terry >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >> Terry Klarich (KI5ZW) >> A man is not complete until he is married; then, he is finished. >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:47:15 -0330you write: >> > >> > >> >Hello list: >> > >> >Now that high speed internet access is available in my area, does the >> >provider have to support Linux and is there away around that. >> >I spoke to two providers and they're are not going to support Linux in the >> >fore seeable future. >> >Granted, the two people I spoke to were not and I say again, were not OS >> >savvyy. LOL <grin> >> >Best regards: >> > >> >Michael >> > >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
