I'll second the motion for a wiring demo. Chuck Lingo
"Melancon, Mike" wrote: > I think it's a great idea. > > A few months ago, I could have used a demo on how to wire your home with > thin-net (10-base 2). I did some charity work for a group of PCs that were > daisy-chained together with thinnet and BNC connectors....yuck. Whoever set > them up originally hadn't even crimped down the BNC connectors. The wires > were just stuck in place. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hebert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] anybody have 18' of CAT5 for cheap? > > Thanks for the info. > > This causes me to think that it might be a good idea > for someone to give a short demo on making patch > cables, or an overview of the items involved in the > physical layer of the OSI model. Something like "How > to Wire your House|Dungeon|Spaceship with CAT5". > > Anybody else think it would be a good topic for a > presentation? > > John Hebert > > --- Mark Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:47:51 -0700 (PDT) > > John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > No way! That's pretty cool. I like Home Depot even > > > more now! Thanks for the info. > > > > > > John Hebert > > > > > > --- "Kris A. Wotipka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Something that most people don't realize is that > > The > > > > Home Depot sells CAT5 > > > > cable in premade 3', 7' 14' and maybe longer. > > All > > > > have boots on them. > > > > Usually they are cheaper than the ones you find > > at > > > > Office Depot and I haven't > > > > had any problems with them......... > > > > Oh yeah...Home Despot (and Lowe's too, I think) have > > big > > spools of CAT5 -- like if you were going to wire > > your house > > with long lengths of it. > > > > The spools didnt, of course, have the plastic > > connector > > with terminals on it, but I'd imagine the > > accessories > > to put them on would be lurking in the same general > > area. > > (either that or wall-outlets) > > > > s'over by the ceiling fans :) > > > > -- > > Mark Orr > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
