On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:42:15PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You said you live rurally - in that case, perhaps you should build/buy > a small quality (read as: won't get wet) shed, have your systems there > and run some outdoor-rated CAT5e from it to your house. That should > allow you to use KVM extenders, serial, etc. Remember the > inverse-square law for RF. RF usually is attentuated greatly by opaque > things, though just plants etc. will also attentuate. If you can place > it behind a hill that would be good. >
Following the electrical code, the shed would count as an outbuilding, should have its own ground, etc. It gets expensive quickly; comparable to other in-house solutions. Thanks, Doug.