I have an old satellite dish hanging on the outside of the wall of the cabin. Will that pick up the signal? I could put an amplifier like you used to get at radio shack there
On Sep 14, 3:24 am, Charles Lenington <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill Connelly wrote: > > On Sep 12, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > snip----- > > > No special concerns for lightening? underground currents? hooked to > > such a sensitive area of the computer? > > > Seems like you're asking for it ... I would try the wireless first. > > Here in tornado/lightening alley (Oklahoma) I have a cat 5 ran out of > the Office/playhouse (well it was playhouse until dad took it all over) > up the outside wall thru a 20' section of electrical pvc conduit (w/ > satellite and phone lines) to main house down and along wall about 25' > and to hub in the kid's room. (it feeds the wow pc ( :>( - replaced a > dual 1.0 mdd) in living room also. We have not had any trouble w/ > lightening. Of course the problem of 2 computers, wood stove fan, 110v > ac and microwave on same circuit gives problems when we forget to turn > ac off to use microwave. And the new wow pc pulls more juice, waiting to > see what happens. Both the mobile home and the portable building are > well grounded. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
