"Itay 'z9u2K' Duvdevani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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... > > b. Using wireless network (WiFi?). Should like alot nicer, but: > 1. which kernel supports these WiFi-gizmo-Ethernet card, if > any?
2.4 kernels do. 2.4.18 works fine with a Cisco Aironet card for me > 2. will it be slower then regular RJ's? Somewhat. Quite adequate for normal work. If you are a really heavy network user (frequent huge downloads, streming video, etc) you may notice some degradation. > 3. can it lead to data corruption? What do you mean? > 4. is it secure? Strictly speaking, no, since there are flaws in the encryption used by the protocol. However, are you secrect worth your neighbours' effort to sniff and cryptanalyze? > 5. can a computer connect to the network, if it has a concrete > wall between > itself and the hub? Needs to be tested. I would consider the needs. Since you will be wiring your house (phone, etc) anyway, the only reason to have wireless seems to be your need to be mobile in your own house - taking your laptop around, working in the kitchen or in the living room while chatting with your wife or playing with your kids or watching TV, that kind of thing. Do you need it? How important is it to you? Consider how important it is compared to bandwidth. How many of your 6 computers will be moved to odd places around the house? Consider the cost of adding wireless to your network later, should you decide you want your laptop on the sofa? I don't know, but I doubt it is that expensive. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [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]
