i would guess that COX is the only option where you're living? DSL is
obviously easier to relocate in different rooms due to the multiple
locations of rj11 jacks throughout homes and apartments
any reason you cant tuck the roadrunner behind the entertainment
center, and run cat5e from there to a util room/office and place a
switch there.. ? apartments tend to get picky about putting holes in
their walls to pull cable thru- but if you tuck it under the carpet-
they're less likely to get upset, and cat5 is smaller under carpet than
coax- so you wont feel it if you run it properly.
this is of course assuming you're not comfortable knocking holes in
walls, pulling cable, then patching/texturing/painting the walls
yourself. i've done enough of this that i don't tend to think of it
very much anymore.
if you have several machines it would be best to have a router/switch
or a good old linux box <p2 133> running that duty locally. <i don't
like/trust cox- they tend more often than not to live up to their name>
long story short-
dsl it the easiest.
if the cable guys will run it into the office NICLEY have them do it-
fair warning- i've seen these twits run cable along baseboards of
entire rooms.. looks like crap.
they are paid by the job- NOT by the hour- so make sure they're
not cutting any corners.
then try cat5 into the office.
then wireless <hide it behind a book or something for the SO>
keep in mind- the less the apartment complex knows- the less they can
potentially object to.
;)
DL
On Sunday, Dec 29, 2002, at 00:56 America/Phoenix, Deepak Saxena wrote:
>
> I just moved from a one bedroom in my complex to a two bedroom and
> none of the bedrooms have a cable drop. Since one of the bedrooms
> is the office, this means that I need to get my internet connection
> from my living room to my office. Currently I have a 25 foot coax
> cable strewn across the floor that I plan to tack up against the
> wall, but I don't really like that solution either. Since my Linksys
> router is also a wireless AP, I thought of just putting that in the
> living room and using 802.11b throughout the house. Works, but SO
> doesn't really want that on top of the entertainment center and
> I also already have alot invested in 10/100 NICs and really would like
> the hub/router in the office as I need to hook up some embedded
> boards with no wireless possibility into my network. So...I want Cox
> to come in and give me a drop in the bedroom. Can the apartement
> complex stop me from doing so? I haven't asked them yet, but plan
> to on monday. If they give me any hassle, I want to know what the
> laws are regarding this.
>
> Tnx,
> ~Deepak
>
> --
> Deepak Saxena - dsaxena@plexity.net
>
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