[Eug-lug] wireless card recommendations?

[Allen Brown]

Rob Hudson wrote:
> Bob Miller wrote:
> 
>> Rob Hudson wrote:
>>
>>> What's that entail?  What's the potential cost?  And what kind of 
>>> issues have you had to deal with regarding wireless?
>>
>>
>> Five years ago, a 1000' reel was $75, and wallplate jacks were $5 to
>> $7 each.  I don't know current prices.
>>
>> Cat-5E is what you actually want, since GigE supports it.
> 
> 
> Plus the cost of installing it (running the cable, dropping the lines 
> into the walls, etc?)
> 
> I look at that and it seems like a lot of work vs. the ease of wireless 
> which we've had little to know problems with.  Our house is pretty small 
> and even a 50% signal on 802.11g means something like 24Mbit, which is 
> fine for checking email and surfing the web, and is ~25x faster than our 
> internet connection anyway.  :)
> 
> Maybe I'll run into issues when I start thinking about automated backups 
> and things.  Hadn't thought of running cat5, so I do appreciate the 
> suggestion.
> 
> -Rob

I've run wires in my current house (Cat5E) and my last
house (Cat5).  As far as I'm concerned the only downside
is the work to install it.  Crawling around in the attic
isn't much fun.

I don't trust wireless security.  Having a wireless net
is like running your Cat5 out to the sidewalk and expecting
the system to remain private.
-- 
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