[aclug-L] Re: Home Network

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uhm... Phone wiring won't do any good, unless you want a REALLY REALLY
REALLY slow network.  (You might be able to buy some DSL equipment that
would let you run faster than 33.6k over phone lines in the same house...
but that would be more hassle than running your own ethernet cable, and
would cost a lot more, and would be a lot slower still)

Your best bet is to run some ethernet cabling of some sort.  It's not too
difficult.  :-)


On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Nate wrote:

>     I'm trying to network a couple computers within my home, but I don't
> want them to be in the same room and I'd like to avoid having to throw
> cable.  I only have one phone line with the telephone company, but my
> house has the wiring for another.  Is there a way to utilize the extra
> phone wiring I already have in my house?  I thought maybe I could use
> modems in each computer to do the talking.  Would I be able to share
> files and printers doing it that way?  Is there software that would
> allow this kind of setup to work?  I might be networking a Microsoft
> machine to my Linux machine, so it would have to be something that works
> for both.
> 
> What do you think?  Could this work, or am I just smoking pot?
> 
> Any other ideas that might work easier?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nate Cozzens
> 
> 

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