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[VictorKaum]

clonetheplanet >>>> follow darziw 's comment. Just get yourself some lenght of CAT5 cable, let's say 200 meters (should be enough unless you have some giant house), the connectors (RJ45) and the tools to crimp them. Further you get a 10/100 auto sensing switch, a cheap old box (like a Pentium 133) to act as firewall / router and some good NIC's. If you think you are going to end with 1m cable and 199 pieces wasted, purchase cable with connectors instead of making them yourself I prefer to make them myself, connect them to an RJ45 outlet and then use some pre-made cable to connect the NIC with the outlet.

[gcfd688]

hello

i have 2 desktops with xp and 2 laptops with xp with a wireless network useing intel anypoint 1.6meg per second usb with direcway sat for internet with download speeds reaching 1.2megs a second

[clonetheplanet]

Originally posted here by VictorKaum
clonetheplanet >>>> follow darziw 's comment. Just get yourself some lenght of CAT5 cable, let's say 200 meters (should be enough unless you have some giant house), the connectors (RJ45) and the tools to crimp them. Further you get a 10/100 auto sensing switch, a cheap old box (like a Pentium 133) to act as firewall / router and some good NIC's. If you think you are going to end with 1m cable and 199 pieces wasted, purchase cable with connectors instead of making them yourself I prefer to make them myself, connect them to an RJ45 outlet and then use some pre-made cable to connect the NIC with the outlet.

well the thing is that i do have a hudge house, it'sabout 5000+ square feet, the contractor *****ed up and made the house way to big, but the cool thing is that we have a rock in side the house, and a rock in the wall. I live in Billings,Mt and we have sand stone rocks all over. my house was build right up agaisnt it and it's pretty damn cool. i will have to post some images of my house, when i get a digital cam.

so yes, i could just wire the whole house. i could have patch panels and routers in a closet or what ever i might do

[dcongram]

If you're house isn't completely finished.....has the electrician finished the electrical wiring ?

If he hasn't.....ask him to run the UTP Cat 5 (pick a location for the patch panel / hub / switch)

Most qualified electricians have some IEEE knowledge. Currently the standard cable code is
568/b.

[destined 2 fail]

Originally posted here by VictorKaum
Further you get a 10/100 auto sensing switch, a cheap old box (like a Pentium 133) to act as firewall / router and some good NIC's.

this may seem like a really dumb question..but when you are talking about using an old comp for a router/firewall... is that basicly the same as just buying a router? or am i just confused as usual?
well ... thanks in advance for any help

[missiletide]

I personally wouldn't feel secure with a wireless network, any more than I would feel secure discussing sensitive topics over a cell phone or a cordless. I once owned a pair of inexpensive FM handheld tranceivers from Radio Shack. I could walk around the neighborhood with one of them and hear conversations on cordless phones nearby. It would also pick up the signal from those transmitters that people sometimes put in the bedroom of an infant. My personal opinion is that any signal that transmits data through the airwaves is likely to be intercepted by unintended listeners.

[VictorKaum]

destined 2 fail >>> you can aslo just buy a router with firewall (from D-link or linksys or SMC or 3COM, or whatever brand) but using an old box (80386, 80486, Pentium I, Pentium II depending on your needs and connection speed) will save you some money. I think most of us do have an old box somewhere in the corner of a room. You can easily turn a pc to a router with freeware software like freesco or BBIagent, these are single floppy based nix distro's that do the firewall and routing tasks for you. check out http://www.freesco.org or http://www.bbiagent.com

[VictorKaum]

clonetheplanet >>> I do not have a clue what 5000+ square feet is... we count in square meters overhere, but it sounds very big. If you really have such a giant house, you also have lot's of money therefor you can afford a contractor do your wiring and place outlets in every room. And since your house is a giant one you can consider fiber optics... that would be very cool and very expensive too

[clonetheplanet]

no the wiring isn't completely finshed

[TheSilverDragon]

pull Cat5, with a finished house, its a challenge, but you will be happy you did