HamHam surprise

[realexplodingcat]

Around 3:30 this afternoon, as the Dish Network guy was loading his tools back into his van, my wife gleefully grabbed the remote and turned to the Cartoon Network. "YAY! HAMTARO!" she said, eyes alight with glee.

She settled back into the grey slouchy chair and announced, "my work here is done. I'm done moving. I have TV again."

Somehow, I don't think she understands that she exists for reasons other than Hamtaro. Ah, well. Such is life. I did manage to convince her to go buy some CAT5, though she opted for buying long lengths, rather than picking up a spool and crimpers and ends. She promises she'll tack it to the walls, but I suspect she's just going to run it straight through the doorways, from the router to my computer. Ahem. This will not do.

Comments

[blixa23.livejournal.com]

802.11g? If you want it to be REAL secure, Cisco makes some nice solutions (but horribly expensive).

Then again, an entire spool of CAT5 isn't exactly cheap either...and ends are quite the expensive crappy little things. :(

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

802.11g? I don't know, actually. Jocelyn's responsible for hardware, I'm all software. Hopefully now that we've got our own little network going in here, I'll learn some of this stuff.

[twilight-spirit.livejournal.com]

Blah. Stupid me. I should have thought of that because I have a spool of CAT5 at work leftover from a few years ago along with the crimper and RJ11s. Let me know if you need more, and if you can hold out until the Voltaire concert I'll bring it along.

Wireless is also good, but between the distance and the number of walls to your office, I'm a little skeptical about how effective it would be for you.

[explodingcat.livejournal.com]

Looks like we got it covered. We ended up just buying a really long cord...didn't bother cutting our own off a spool. It runs back to my office with plenty of slack to put against the walls. All's working fine.

[red-frog.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you need cable ties.

[(Anonymous)]

What's wrong with cat 5 strung all over the floor of your house? *cough* Yeah, don't use my apartment as an example. Speaking from experience, you really, do not want to go that route. Although I'm thinking about suspending the cable from the ceiling. Then running christmas lights around them and telling people that the lights are synched to how much traffic the network has. *blinkblinkblink*
-- Praxis

[michellew.livejournal.com]

The obvious solution is wireless. The SMC broadband/wireless router is a mere $49 after rebates at Microcenter.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure wireless would drive me nuts.

[michellew.livejournal.com]

How do you do around 2.4 GhZ cordless phones?

[krasota.livejournal.com]

they make my ears feel tender and buzzy.

[michellew.livejournal.com]

Well, poop. That sucks. Wireless has made home networking soooo much easier.

On the other hand, it's kind of a pain in the ass in an apartment. My neighbor's phone kept knocking my router offline until I changed the channel on the router.