On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani wrote: > Hey all, and happy-new-year! > > I have a network that includes 7 computers, a gateway/firewall, and 6 clients > (Mixed Windows and Linux boxes). > > My gateway uses ADSL to connect to the internet (with an ethernet modem). > > We are about to virtually re-construct our home, and I would like to do the > networking thing wise, and low-cost. > > I thought about two options... > > a. putting the modem and the hub in the place the phone line gets into the > house and split. This way I can put the RJ45's alongside the telephone lines, > in the same pipe. > I'll bring two cables to my gateway's room (one for modem and one for the > hub), and one cable near each phone-jack in the house. That'll be much > cheaper then putting special piping for the RJ's... i don't know what you mean, but expanding the phone line cable of the ADSL modem - is not a good idea.
> > b. Using wireless network (WiFi?). Should like alot nicer, but: > 1. which kernel supports these WiFi-gizmo-Ethernet card, if any? i think all 2.4 should do. > 2. will it be slower then regular RJ's? depends on wifi. > 3. can it lead to data corruption? can internet lead to data corruption ? > 4. is it secure? are you afraid your neighboors will sniff you ? :) > 5. can a computer connect to the network, if it has a concrete wall between > itself and the hub? depends on the WiFi interface. > > I'm looking for the cheaper solution, but I need it to work well... i don't see why you don't wire your new home up, with Ethernet sockets in each access point[put 1 in the toilette if you want my point: WiFi switches/hubs cost] and setup the gateway to be also the dhcp server. define it to give the addresses only for your NICs [by MAC address], and if the gateway is not under heavy net load [under ADSL it cannot be] you can add also a samba server to create a domain.. actually you can do many nice things. > > Thanks, > Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani, GNU/Linux Kinneret. > Public GPG Key: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/kinneret/z9u2k.asc > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
