OT: Wireless Network - Page 2

{d-sep03}@dscs.demon.co.uk said...
> In article
> <MPG.1af6493c84ca1084989dfc@news.individual.net>, Fran
> <fran@privacy.net> writes
> >{d-sep03}@dscs.demon.co.uk said...
> >> Whatever you do Fran do take care to secure your
> >> network with encryption & MAC address filtering so that
> >> unauthorised users will find it hard(er) to get into
> >> your network!
> >>
> >Eeep? You think it may be simpler to run a load of Cat5
> >cable through the house? I'm beginning to go off the idea
> >of a wireless network :-\
>
> Well wired is more reliable, faster (assuming you get
> 10/100 cards and a switch to connect it all together and
> not a hub), cheaper and much more secure - as long a your
> Internet connection is secure.

It's about as secure as anything else in this house...

> The downside is obviously that you have to run the cables.

That's not much of a problem. The house needs rewiring, so
it's the ideal time to be thinking of hardwiring the
network. I'd more or less worked out where I wanted the
Cat5 sockets to go when Charlie started bleating about
wireless networks.

> If you are wanting to share a broadband connection I
> strongly recommend using a combined router / switch with a
> built in firewall. This makes the sharing very easy and
> also secure. The downside is that they are more expensive
> than a switch & usb broadband modem together.

Noted and saved for reference. At the moment we haven't got
broadband here (it's available but we haven't got it);
however I can see that it's going to be wanted at some
stage, especially if all the computers in the house are to
be set up for Internet useage.
--
Fran If you need my email address please ask.

Fran <fran@privacy.net> wrote
>
>Noted and saved for reference. At the moment we haven't got
>broadband here (it's available but we haven't got it);
>however I can see that it's going to be wanted at some
>stage, especially if all the computers in the house are to
>be set up for Internet useage.

Mein Gott! Who would want to raise a family these days? ;-)
--
Gordon

Fran <fran@privacy.net> wrote
>nospam@laird-towers.org.uk said...
>> Personally I would wire up a few sockets around the place
>> and be prepared to plug in the likes of laptops when
>> needed. Cat5 cable is very very cheap.
>>
>I think, having heard the case for both sides, that Cat5 is
>what I will do. Thanks everyone, you've been great! :-)

I bought two magazines this month, both of which discussed
wireless networks. I decided against.......

(Don't think the old W95 machine would be up to it).
--
Gordon

Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk said...
> Fran <fran@privacy.net> wrote
> >
> >Noted and saved for reference. At the moment we haven't
> >got broadband here (it's available but we haven't got
> >it); however I can see that it's going to be wanted at
> >some stage, especially if all the computers in the house
> >are to be set up for Internet useage.
>
> Mein Gott! Who would want to raise a family these
> days? ;-)
>
Eh? What's that got to do with... ah! I see! You're thinking
of the number of computers in the house and equating that
with the number of children, yes? Well, Charlie and I have a
computer each (so we don't argue over who does what, when)
and my two oldest children will have their own in their
rooms. One will run on Win 95 and has a massive 1GB HDD; the
other runs on Win98 and has a brace of HDDs giving a total
of 10GB. Neither of them will be allowed to connect with the
Internet; however they will be networked to my machine so I
know what they're doing. Of all the machines in the house
the only one with an Internet connection is mine :-)
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Fran If you need my email address please ask.

"Fran" <fran@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Gordon@g3snx.demon.co.uk said...
> > Fran <fran@privacy.net> wrote
> > >
> > >Noted and saved for reference. At the moment we haven't
> > >got broadband here (it's available but we haven't got
> > >it); however I can see that it's going to be wanted at
> > >some stage, especially if all the computers in the
> > >house are to be set up for Internet useage.
> >
> > Mein Gott! Who would want to raise a family these
> > days? ;-)
> >
> Eh? What's that got to do with... ah! I see! You're
> thinking of the number of computers in the house and
> equating that with the number of children, yes? Well,
> Charlie and I have a computer each (so we don't argue over
> who does what, when) and my two oldest children will have
> their own in their rooms. One will run on Win 95 and has a
> massive 1GB HDD;

Wow! That's bigger than our PC at work! NHS fiscal policies
at their best :-(

Nick

nicholaspedley@npedley.freeserve.co.uk said...
> a massive 1GB HDD;
>
> Wow! That's bigger than our PC at work!

Is that possible??
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