On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 12:11:39AM +0300, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani wrote: > 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 > > > ================================================================= > 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] >
Concerning Wifi, If you have not already seen it there is a hour or so long streaming realvideo talk about Wifi on the Linux Public Broadcasting Network. The Url is: http://www.lpbn.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=253&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 The show is an overview of Wifi as explained by Alex Guy, CEO of Andern Research Labs. Hope this helps. -- "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice" Regards, Yoni Rabkin
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