On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 11:28:34PM +0100, David Jamison wrote:
> I was going to put a CAT5 cable in to link pc's in seperate rooms in the
> house but as Im in process of some renovations and thus was not sure
> which rooms the pcs would end up in I held back. I then thought that a
> wireless LAN might be an idea but Im not up to speed with these new
> fangled things and I was just wondering about the pros and cons in a
> domestic setting. I know there is wireless kit availbe at not much
> money but is it worth attempting or not really. If it is what kit would
> be recomended?
>
My main PC has an Access Point which links to the other 4 pcs/laptops which
are all fitted with wifi cards. Will never look at a cat5 cable again :)
Of course you need to make sure that the cards you buy are supported in the
kernel you use
Sean
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