At 16:45 6/01/2003 +1300, you wrote: >Vik Olliver wrote: > >>Josiah Kuek wrote: >> >>>Yeh, wireless LAN is a pretty good way to go to network two houses >>>together :P. Well anyway prices depend on what u are looking at, for >>>example you can try 802.11b that runs at 11Mb/s at 2.4 GHz and 802.11a >>>that runs at 54Mb/s at 5 GHz band. >> >> >>I find that CAT5 cable is significantly cheaper on runs up to 100m and >>supports 100Mbit/s data transfer. >> >>Seriously, it cost me $130 to link two houses with CAT5 over 100m which >>is less than the cost of one 802.11 card. > >This is bloody dangerous. You would be shocked if you measured the >potential difference between your cat5 conductor and your PCs chassis.. And for those not familiar, potential difference is another name for voltage :P And its something id definately want to be checking on a long run.. ------------------------------------------------------------------- To remove yourself from this list, email nzlug-request@linux.net.nz with "unsubscribe" in the body of the message.
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