If you have an older house with lath and plaster, you probably have an old style chimney that's not being used. Maybe it's even roofed over like at my parents house. Run wire in it from the basement to each of the rooms on the first floor, then up to the attic to all of the rooms on the second floor from the top down. Pull it all into a couple of patch panels and instantly any room can be on any phone line and any room can be on the network. -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 8:20 PM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: RE: [TCLUG] wireless network question The network guy I was working with told me that you can run CATV over a CAT5 pair with a balun. I wonder if it would also work with the satellite signal? -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Joel Schneider Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 1:29 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] wireless network question On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 10:32:59PM -0500, rpgoldman at real-time.com wrote: > Maybe I'm not doing the right thing --- I'm just trying to avoid > pulling wire through two stories of lath and plaster. Pulling wire is fun. It might make more sense for you to run conduit on the outside of the house instead of going through the walls, though. As long as you're pulling Cat5, why not also pull some satellite grade coax: http://www.milestek.com/multimedia_cable.asp -- Joel Schneider Jazz - jazz88fm.com joel at joelschneider.net ISEE - www.i-see.org _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list