[Hidden-tech] Network wiring

[Tom Kopec]

Wired is always better than wireless, if you have the wires..

If all you are doing is surfing the web, a wireless connection is fine 
(provided you know how to set it up so that it is reasonable secure).

If you are doing other things (shared disks, backups, etc etc), you'll 
quickly find that the speed that the wireless devices claim is a 
theoretical maximum that you won't ever even come close to (especially if 
you have neighbors who also use wireless, a 2.4GHz cordless phone/baby 
monitor/whatever, etc.. the band that 802.11b/g uses is getting really 
cluttered).

just my $0.02.

Sorry I don't know of any specific contractor.. I did mine myself (fool 
that I am..)

...tom

At 10:30 AM 11/7/2005, you wrote:
>Assuming you have a cable TV provider that offers broadband, have you 
>considered Wi-Fi instead of Ethernet? No expertise needed, and after the 
>monthly fee, all it will cost you is a router and one board per device. I 
>believe you can even add a board to remote peripherals such as servers and 
>printers.
>
>Ed
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