Summery goodness
Jan. 17th, 2004 04:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
growler_southRichard's house is a giant sprawling '20s home- dadoes, high ceilings, picture rails, wood panelling everywhere. Its led an interesting life from the looks of it- at one stage it was split into two flats and later recombined, meaning that half the rooms are decorated in the '30s style, the other half paint and wallpaper '50s. We're trying to figure out how to network this giant and bizarre thing- all the bedrooms are down one side, the office with its cable modem will be moved sometime soon, making network deployment a tricky prospect.
I've just about convinced Richard to use the brute force method- Buy a couple thousand metres of cat5 cable and a crimping tool, and run long patch cables down the skirting boards. A 10-BaseT hub next to the main PC, running Windows Internet Connection Sharing. Eventually he can add a wireless access point/underfloor cabling/print and internet server/100-BaseT hub but for now its best to go for the cheapest solution.
We're off to a Christchurch Bears' barbecue later tonight. Im a bit apprehensive about crowds where I dont know anyone, but im sure it'll work out just fine. heh heh....
I've just about convinced Richard to use the brute force method- Buy a couple thousand metres of cat5 cable and a crimping tool, and run long patch cables down the skirting boards. A 10-BaseT hub next to the main PC, running Windows Internet Connection Sharing. Eventually he can add a wireless access point/underfloor cabling/print and internet server/100-BaseT hub but for now its best to go for the cheapest solution.
We're off to a Christchurch Bears' barbecue later tonight. Im a bit apprehensive about crowds where I dont know anyone, but im sure it'll work out just fine. heh heh....
