On Thu, 18 May 2006 11:57:29 +1200 Andrew Errington wrote:
> > Don, your time settings are incorrect. You are talking to us from the past > (which is probably why a Pentium 133 sounds so exciting). > > On the WiFry front, I assume you are referring to the idea of putting a USB > wi-fi dongle at the focal point of a wire mesh fat skimmer from the Asian > Food Warehouse? Yes he is (i have talked to don about this, is how i know) >I built one of these about a year and a half ago and got > nearly 10km range from Edgeware to Yobbo on the hill. > do you use yobbo at all? would you if others were using it? what would you want to transfer around town for "free" if you had an unlimited account around chch but not to the wider net? > The USB spec. limits the cable length to 5m, although you can buy active > repeaters that extend this range. Either way, since the signal is > converted to digital at the point of reception 5m of USB cable is > effectively lossless (compared to 5m of your favourite and expensive coax). > 5m, thats the info i was trying to remember while chatting to Don. He was busy trying to splice usb plugs onto cat5 cable to make a usb extender, seems a recipe for disaster perhaps. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
