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. :(

[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.

[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.