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4 Mar 2003, 22:09
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King of The Fat Boys
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Setting up a home network
I am planning on setting up a home network so that all three computers in my house can access the internet through broadband and can share files. My broadband provider has been taken care of. It has to be AOL since my parents want to keep their e-mail addresses.
The problem I have is that the computers are pretty far apart, one's even on a different floor. I need to connect them all with a 10 base T connection. I can't just get an extension lead across the floor cos my parents wouldn't be too impressed. I need to get a professional job, running the cables along the outside wall. Any idea how I can get this done? I live in the UK, could BT perhaps help me out? Also one of my three computers is a laptop without a network card. Can I perhaps get an external one?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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4 Mar 2003, 22:34
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Wouldn't a hammer and a lot of nails work? And perhaps little u-shaped plastic thingies with a hole in them (not sure what they are called), to avoid having to hammer the nails through the cord.
Something that can drill through walls can be useful to, but may not be required, depends on the situation. Cords may be able to burrow under a door.
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4 Mar 2003, 22:49
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King of The Fat Boys
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Yeah, well, that's my problem. I can't lay cables everywhere cos my parents wouldn't allow it. I was wondering if there is a better way, or failing that I'd at least like to have a professional do it by running the cables outside.
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4 Mar 2003, 22:53
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Didn't think that cables nailed to the edge of the wall would be considered messy...
What about along the edge, but under the carpet?
Perhaps they could be nailed to the ceiling, and hope your parents don't look up?
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4 Mar 2003, 23:05
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King of The Fat Boys
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hehe, give it a rest already, no cables
Well, maybe I'll consider cables but for now let's assume it's not an option.
Actually, I just thought of something, maybe I could go wireless. Any idea how much that would cost? Would I need to buy new network cards? Any other wireless hardware I'd need?
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4 Mar 2003, 23:06
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W-LAN.
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5 Mar 2003, 00:42
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probably easiest and *least* hassle would be wireless lan, but its more expensive than a "normal" wire lan
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5 Mar 2003, 01:11
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Wireless is indeed pricey, and the use of it depends entirely on whether you're going to fully appreciate the benefits of it weighed against the price you're going to have to fork out up front for the privilege.
If one of those machines is a laptop say, then it might make more sense in some cases, but at least imo, if you're doing more than 2 machines run the cables under the carpets and pop them up behind the pc's, you'll never see them.
Edit:
Could you, in theory, use Bluetooth for this? I.e. buy a Bluetooth USB dongle, the ones with 10m range? Might be a little dodgy through walls and across a large room but I don't know the layout of your 'pad'
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5 Mar 2003, 08:03
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Quote:
Originally posted by pablissimo
Could you, in theory, use Bluetooth for this? I.e. buy a Bluetooth USB dongle, the ones with 10m range? Might be a little dodgy through walls and across a large room but I don't know the layout of your 'pad'
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in theory yes, you could use bluetooth.
i think all the machines would need to be running 2k/XP though, as thats way after 98's time...
edit : when i first posted this, i thought wireless was well expensive, however, a quick trip to www.dabs.com, proved otherwise.
bout 25 quid for a PCI card, 33 for a USB.
and 99 for a wifi ADSL router/switch combi.
which gives you a setup for ~ 175
I reckon using cables would cost ~ 100-125
Though, most ppl would say to just do Cat5 wiring properly, those prices are not much more than standard cable networking, so it might be worth considering.
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5 Mar 2003, 09:48
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King of The Fat Boys
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I'm starting to like the idea of going wireless. I take it I will need a wireless router to connect all the computers together. I already have two PCI network cards so I can use them. I'll have to get an external card for the laptop. Thing is it's pretty old so I'm not sure if it has USB, any idea if I can get a parallel port connection or whatever the old ports are called?
What I'm not clear about is do I need to get something that connects to all the network cards, like an antenna or something?
Any idea what would be the best products to buy and where to buy them? My service provider is going to give me a modem and I very much doubt they will give me a discount if I say I don't want the modem (it's AOL after all) so a router is all I need, not one with an inbuilt modem.
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5 Mar 2003, 10:01
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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get a PCMCIA or PMCIA or PMIAC or whatever they are called-card for your laptop
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