Is it really worth saving a few bucks? For my place at least, I would figure on several hours in the attic, having to run fishtape down the walls to drop CAT5, messing with plate covers, having to punch down the jacks in a couple of spots (1 up from the router, 1 down to the xbox), test and pray the connections are right and that I didn't bust one of the wires in the cat 5 on a nail in one of the wall studs, getting covered with dust and attic grime, and to top it off it's mighty cold, even here in the southeast US. And then when the fiance wants to redecorate the place and move the entertainment center to the other side of the room from where the network jack is.....
For my money, it's worth the $85-$90 I'd spend at Amazon or Buy.com to pick up the Wireless-G xbox network adapter (or similar Linksys one, or whoever you like). Plug that sucker into the xbox ethernet port, configure for < 5min, and BAM!, you're on the network. I like "do it yourself-idness" as much as anyone, but I hate fiberglass more than most, and that pink crap in my attic makes me itchy just thinking about it. On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:42:17 -0700, Marty Mastera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Matt Picker > Sent: Fri 1/21/2005 9:05 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XBOX Implementation - Wireless > > > You could also go, like I thought his plan was, to use > a ethernet to wireless bridge. Those are a bit > pricey. I would be more inclined to run cat5 but I am > the kind of guy that enjoys running cable and getting > a little sweaty to save some money and gain some > bandwidth. > > --- Marty Mastera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > I agree, while writing that email, I had temporarily forgotten about the > bridge...I had considered it for a short time, but like you I find the cost > prohibitive. Nothing like rolling around in the attic for a few hours! > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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