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On 11/1/05, Bob Crothers <bob2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Use a wireless connection. I presume you had to make the hole small so
> that
> your wife couldn't see it. Radio waves make VERY small holes!
>

Well, I had to drill through brick and mortar (an addition on the back of
the house, to the basement). And, doggone it, I did such a nice job, if the
cable weren't there, you'd never even know there was a hole!

On 11/1/05, Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote (as well as others before him):

Ever consider wireless? :)
>
Yeah I have, but I'm a bit on the paranoid side. ("What I don't know *can*
hurt me!") Besides, I already made the $7 cable investment!

Anyway, I finally bore down last night and put the connectors on the cable.
Had to use 10x magnifying glass and strong light and several tries... oh,
and I snipped the four wires that ethernet doesn't use (according to
http://www.aptcommunications.com/ncode.htm), otherwise I might not have ever
been able to put that together.

One glaring problem with the cable I bought is that the colors on the
insulation were pathetic. Orange & brown were virtually indistinguishable,
and the white covers w/ color strips shown in the instructions I printed
were basically reduced to tiny dots that required the magnifying glass to
see. If I had had the colors that the finished cable I borrowed from work
for reference, I'm sure it would have gone a lot faster. If there's a next
time for this, I will *definitely* shop for better cable.

Anyway, the testing unit gave a thumbs up, it's working, and throughput
seems as high and reliable as any of the other connections in the house, so
I would call this a success!

Thanks for all the suggestions!

- Dan

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