Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-12 Thread Aron Smith
On Monday 12 April 2004 04:39 am, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Monday 12 Apr 2004 11:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Monday 12 April 2004 01:47 am, John Wilson wrote: > > > On April 11, 2004 07:39 pm, Marc wrote: > > > . > > > > > > In the vast majority of cases two grounds will simply, as you say, >

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-12 Thread John Wilson
On April 12, 2004 03:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: > On Monday 12 April 2004 01:47 am, John Wilson wrote: > > On April 11, 2004 07:39 pm, Marc wrote: > > . > > > > In the vast majority of cases two grounds will simply, as you say, make > > things worse. > > Can't see that electricity is going to follow

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-12 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Monday 12 April 2004 00:15, Erylon Hines wrote: > On Sunday 11 April 2004 07:39 pm, Marc wrote: > > On Sunday 11 April 2004 04:14 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > > On April 11, 2004 06:58 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > One caveat, Steve. We had a telephone wire going round the > > > > outside of the

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-12 Thread Richard Urwin
On Monday 12 Apr 2004 11:21 am, Aron Smith wrote: > On Monday 12 April 2004 01:47 am, John Wilson wrote: > > On April 11, 2004 07:39 pm, Marc wrote: > > . > > > > In the vast majority of cases two grounds will simply, as you say, > > make things worse. > > Can't see that electricity is going to fol

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-12 Thread Aron Smith
On Monday 12 April 2004 01:47 am, John Wilson wrote: > On April 11, 2004 07:39 pm, Marc wrote: > . > > In the vast majority of cases two grounds will simply, as you say, make > things worse. Can't see that electricity is going to follow Ohms law and go the path of least resistance so 2 grounds wou

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-12 Thread John Wilson
On April 11, 2004 07:39 pm, Marc wrote: > >I would not worry about running wiring out side as long as proper > methods are used like drip loops and a bit of caulk. I think a outdoor wire > run would be only slightly more susceptible to lightning than a indoor run. > I will however add making su

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-12 Thread John Wilson
On April 11, 2004 05:37 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > Thunderstorms are quite common here. (Matter of fact, the weather guys say > that they are likely tonight, tomorrow and possibly Tuesday.) In the 37 > years that I've lived here, the only lightning damage that we've ever > suffered came in on th

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Sunday 11 April 2004 05:14 pm, John Wilson wrote: > On April 11, 2004 06:58 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > One caveat, Steve. We had a telephone wire going round the outside of > > the house like that. One day we had a thunderstorm, lightning found > > the cable, and the whole system (including a

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread Steve Kaurfman
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 11 April 2004 14:22, Steve Kaurfman wrote: Greg, What about having the cable run on the outside of the house for the office? They should be able to split it where it comes into the house on the outside. My

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread John Wilson
On April 11, 2004 11:37 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 11 April 2004 09:22 am, Steve Kaurfman wrote: > > What about having the cable run on the outside of the house for the > > office? They should be able to split it where it comes into the house on > > the outside. My home has a box on the outs

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread John Wilson
On April 11, 2004 06:58 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > > One caveat, Steve. We had a telephone wire going round the outside of > the house like that. One day we had a thunderstorm, lightning found > the cable, and the whole system (including a mini-switchboard setup) > was fried. > > Anne My guess,

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 11 April 2004 09:22 am, Steve Kaurfman wrote: > What about having the cable run on the outside of the house for the > office? They should be able to split it where it comes into the house on > the outside. My home has a box on the outside with 3 or 4 connections > for different runs. Coa

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 11 April 2004 14:22, Steve Kaurfman wrote: > > Greg, > > What about having the cable run on the outside of the house for the > office? They should be able to split it where it comes into the house > on the outside. My home has a box on the ou

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread Steve Kaurfman
Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 10 April 2004 09:47 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Questions: 1. Has anyone used any of this hardware? I tend to use Netgear stuff, but it seems to me that it is all pretty good, exspecially if you don't mix and match brands between the router a

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-11 Thread John Wilson
On April 10, 2004 10:49 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Sunday 11 April 2004 12:17 am, John Wilson wrote: > > ->4. I've yet to run DLink equipment that doesn't work out of the box. > > For the record: Dlink DWL 650 pcmcia wireless card does not work, except > for the very earliest release. Each new

Re: [newbie] Simple home network

2004-04-10 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 11 April 2004 12:17 am, John Wilson wrote: ->4. I've yet to run DLink equipment that doesn't work out of the box. For the record: Dlink DWL 650 pcmcia wireless card does not work, except for the very earliest release. Each new release brought different a chipset and they do not work.