[lug] OT: wiring a house for ethernet

[Gary Hodges]

Ryan Wheaton wrote:

>> Yes, we will most definitely get permission from the landlord.
>>
>> we have 802.11b right now (for laptops), but the speed difference is 
>> just too much.  We do a lot of file transfers between computers and 
>> such, and I find 802.11b to be tedious when transferring files.  
>> Exactly how much faster is 802.11g?  Still, the problem with that is 
>> that we'd incur a lot of cost buying a new wifi router (802.11g) and 
>> new wifi nics for all the workstations...  The cheapest G router i've 
>> found is $55 and the cheapest G nics i've seen are $30 a piece.  That 
>> would be about $175 to get it in there across the board for all our 
>> workstations...  If the speed is there, then i'd probably be 
>> completely willing to invest, but I'm just not really convinced.
>

Candlelight Electric, a Tom Martino sponser, advertises that for ~$30 
they will come to you house and give you firm quote for all work.  The 
$30 is apllied to the job if you use them.  It might give you an idea on 
how much trouble it would be to do the work yourself.

Gary