[Eug-lug] wireless card recommendations?

[Chris Hoge]

If you're interested, I have an 802.11a wireless PCMCIA card with PCA  
adapter. If I can dig it up, you can have it. I'm not sure if it  
works, but free is really cheap. I bought it several years ago  
specifically to work in a Linux box, so I know drivers exist for it.

-Chris

On Sep 5, 2006, at 6:48 PM, Mr O wrote:

> Since you asked, I picked up 1000 ft at Jerry's for about $60.
> Home Depot wanted $90. Wall jacks are $5 each or $30 for 10 if
> buying Leviton (good quality IMHO). The plates aren't more than
> a buck or two. Cheap crimpers are less than $15, good ones start
> at about $40. Cat5/6 ends shouldn't be more than $0.50 each in
> bulk. The best time to crawl around your attic is between 10pm
> and 10am. Under the house works anytime. The extra long drill
> bit for getting through anything will cost you up to $30. If
> you're running cable, don't run it too close to your electric
> lines to reduce interference.
>
> Lastly, in case you're wondering, I've done this all before and
> just re-did most of it this weekend and dropped two jacks into 3
> out of 4 rooms. Won't take much to add another line to the other
> room if needed.
>
> In the short term, the wireless card is alot cheaper for one PC.
>
> --- Bob Miller <kbob at jogger-egg.com> 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.
>
>
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