>From: "Chad Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" (Brin-L) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: networking question >Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 08:32:50 -0700 > > > > If you could, what > > phone/cable/other wall outputs would you add? I figure I'll > > have two cable prongs and two phone jacks on each wall. > > Anything else? >I would make sure they use CAT 5 cable. This way, you could use the phone >lines for POTS or for Ethernet (or token ring for you sadists out there). >You just have to switch the outlet box plug thingies from rj-11 to rj-45 >type connectors. Typical phone line has two pairs of wires (CAT 3), CAT 5 >has 4 pairs of wires. I would have all of the lines meet into a junction >patch panel (about 70 bucks) in a closet or garage, so you can then decide >which lines are phone and which lines are ethernet. It makes it easy when >you get DSL. > >I would NOT spend any money on renovations related to PC networking (other >than what I described above). Wireless is too easy to use to justify the >cost. Wireless works great. I currently recommend the 802.11b vs Intel's >wireless solution, only for compatibility reasons. The Intel wireless stuff >is cheaper, but slower. Slap an Antenna onto your house, and you have >created a NAN (Neighborhood Area Network). Your neighbors can gleen off >your >high-speed internet access with no wire mess. Or you can sit on your porch >with your laptop and read Brinl mail. > >Nerd From Hell
Hrmmmm...umble...umble. What about security issues associated with wireless networking? I would be concerned about opening my computer as a wireless net hub to my (or any) neighborhood without installing some decent, hack and crack-proof firewalls. If you use your home computer in this fashion can you protect it 100% from unwanted access? The reason I'm asking is a report on CNN the other day said that people are hacking into wireless networks in downtown Manhattan with Palm Pilot-type devices, and can do the same to your home comp if they sit within range using a laptop. :-) Jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
