Not to question you, but are you sure about being "anywhere on
the power grid"? I know you can have a network (LOW bandwidth)
through your house through the powerlines, but AFAIK, they are
unable to get the signal through transformers and such.
Sorry if I am mistaken.
~Patrick
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nasser Hasian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 10:28 AM
> To: Andrew R. Brink; linux newbie; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: (Off topic) good way of networking?
>
>
> I can't believe no one mentioned The network adaptors that
> you plug into the
> AC outlet. You can plug your PC into the electric outlet and
> it and create
> a network with anyone on that power grid. You could have
> several in your
> home on a network, or even a couple of houses away. :-)
> Course the best option would be a cable modem and you could
> create a virtual
> network.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Andrew R. Brink
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 1:09 PM
> To: linux newbie; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: (Off topic) good way of networking?
>
>
> Since you all are probably the smartest people i know of I'll
> ask this.
>
> I want to network my computer and a friends computer
> together, he lives
> all the way down the street......the problem is that i cant think of a
> way to get cable over the street or under it.....we have a server that
> we can put in the middle of us too.
>
> Can you all think of anything?
>
> Thanks
> Andrew Brink
> Age 15
>
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