On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani wrote: > a. putting the modem and the hub in the place the phone line gets into the > house and split. This way I can put the RJ45's alongside the telephone lines, > in the same pipe. > I'll bring two cables to my gateway's room (one for modem and one for the > hub), and one cable near each phone-jack in the house. That'll be much > cheaper then putting special piping for the RJ's...
This is a good option (for now). It will allow you, if you use cat5e or cat6 wires to use 10/100/1000 based ethernet. > b. Using wireless network (WiFi?). Should like alot nicer, but: > 1. which kernel supports these WiFi-gizmo-Ethernet card, if any? > 2. will it be slower then regular RJ's? Yes. > 3. can it lead to data corruption? Not really, no, but it can lead to all kinds of issues, depending on the quality of the signal (for example, sending a file from one place to the other might fail due to signal problems). > 4. is it secure? Depends on how you implement it. > 5. can a computer connect to the network, if it has a concrete wall > between itself and the hub? Depends on the wireless network equipment, and in any case, should be tested. > I'm looking for the cheaper solution, but I need it to work well... I'd do both (but that doesn't fit into the cheaper part). See, trying to "force" a solution is never the best way to go. For example, most of you stationary workstations at home, which are never moved, don't need wireless, and will do better (performance wise) on a wired based LAN. However, if you use portable devices as well (for example, wireless for laptops, palm devices and other PDAs), then those will do much better with a wireless link, giving you the freedom of movement that you'd expect from a portable device. I'd do the wired solution for now, you can always add the wireless later, and the overall price of wiring the house while being built, when you already pass telephone and CATV cables through the pipes is negligeable. --Ariel > > Thanks, > Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani, GNU/Linux Kinneret. > Public GPG Key: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/kinneret/z9u2k.asc > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ariel Biener e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP(6.5.8) public key http://www.tau.ac.il/~ariel/pgp.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
