1. Use wires where possible. Nothing compares to that in terms of
cost/effectiveness and
bandwidth. If you wish to connect you laptop to a TV set , watching
movies residing on another server
or any such heavy files transfer - nothing else will work fast enough.
Maybe Powerline will do.
2. Wi-Fi :
Real bandwidth - half of face value.
I can vouch for Orinoco and Linksys to work flawlessly with RH and
MDK.
11b is good if no more than 1-2 brick walls. Otherwise use repeaters.
Antenna will not help
you much. Outdoors (aka clear view ) - works great.
11g is even worse.
11a - don't buy
Recomendation: don't base you network on that. It's great when you
have no other choice :)
3. Powerline
I'm using it for sometime now - GREAT ! 7-12mb depends on cable length
(in the walls) and if you use
extention cord. (Not recommended but still works). Heard it's offcially
supported now.
Unfortunately, control programs run on windows and the Linux version is
still premature. google
for powerline on linux.
4. HPNA
I didn't buy it but checked it. Lower bandwidth compared to Powerline
but still a very good solution
if you have a good wiring around the house.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:11 AM
Subject: Networking my new home (or RJ45's vs. WiFi)
> Hey all, and happy-new-year!
>
> I have a network that includes 7 computers, a gateway/firewall, and 6
clients
> (Mixed Windows and Linux boxes).
>
> My gateway uses ADSL to connect to the internet (with an ethernet modem).
>
> We are about to virtually re-construct our home, and I would like to do
the
> networking thing wise, and low-cost.
>
> I thought about two options...
>
> 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...
>
> 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?
> 3. can it lead to data corruption?
> 4. is it secure?
> 5. can a computer connect to the network, if it has a concrete wall
between
> itself and the hub?
>
> I'm looking for the cheaper solution, but I need it to work well...
>
> Thanks,
> Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani, GNU/Linux Kinneret.
> Public GPG Key: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/kinneret/z9u2k.asc
>
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