Re: what tech?

[James <james@piku.org.uk>]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 06:09:00AM -0700, terry white wrote:
| on "4-28-2002" "urgrue" writ:
| 
| : along normal copper wires
|   
|     a better bet would be coax ethernet.  if i recall correctly, longer
| runs possible using it.  i just checked, and 200M the limit.  this also
| reduces the wirecount to one.

Coax would probably also be dirt cheap since coax-based networking is
old tech now :) (although its used a lot in CCTV systems) Just mind its
minimum bending radius when bending it round things, a broken piece of
coax is a nightmare.

|     further, i seem to recall a system that superimposed the data on
| the power distribution system, and another that used existant phone
| lines.

The power one would only work if everything was on the same phase and
didn't go through any UPSs or filters.

Never heard of the phone one (well, it's called 'dsl'...) but I've
heard of the opposite - running a phone line and network down one piece
of cat5.

| from the sounds of it, neither of these applicable.  however, wireless
| might be a way to go.  that, of course introduces security issues ...

It also has problems going through solid objects like concrete floors
and walls.

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