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Please convert dollars to CP reputation points.
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Definitely a stargate. Looks like a new/better design though - it doesn't look like it has to "dial" (and seriously, what was up with that anyway?)
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The writer must have just really loved rotary phones.
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A 5 just for the happy dance. It certainly does make you feel better about yourself. 
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: make you feel better about yourself
What? That you do not do the happy dance? 
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Oh, I will do the happy dance. I'm tempted to make it mandatory whenever someone checks code in that breaks the overnight build - they do the happy dance.
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here's my situation:
in room A (it's a closet, really), i have 8 cat-5 lines coming out of the wall. each line goes to a different room in the house.
in room B (aka, the living room), one of those 8 cat-5 lines terminates next to a co-ax jack.
so, my basic plan is:
1. put a cable modem in room B, with the input from the co-ax, and the output to the WAN port of a 4-port gigabit router.
2. one of the ports in the 4-port router will go to the cat-5 jack.
3. in room A, all lines go into an 8-port switch.
i also have the option of calling an electrician and getting a co-ax jack in room A. so i could just put an 8-port router in there. this would obviously cost money, but it would simply the network greatly.
is it worth calling the electrician?
(anyone who mentions wi-fi will be fed to sharks)
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Provide the backbone bandwidth of your switch is sufficient I'd say stick with the router & switch option - my ADSL comes in to a 4 port router, which connects to my gigabit switch which feeds the PCs and NAS. The router is 100 meg, and supports the 100 meg devices only.
If you already have all the kit, it saves paying a sparks, and possibly decorating afterwards depending on cable routing to the Comms Closet Cabinet.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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I don't believe you need an electrician to run a co-ax line that can be done by anyone.
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let's just assume i'm incompetent when it comes to running lines through existing walls.
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Then get an electrician.
Nihil obstat
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Then you definitely want the exercise; get a drill, and get some plaster to fill up the resulting superfluous holes. Do make sure that there are no pipes or cables running through the piece where you're drilling.
We all were incompetent at life when we started. You're insured? Then go for the thrill 
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Actually if you have an attic you can do it with no holes other than where you put the plate and where it enters the closet, all you need is a fishing tape!
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Chris Losinger wrote: let's just assume i'm incompetent when it comes to running lines through existing walls.
My point was it would be cheaper to hire a skilled tradesman than an electrician.
Plus if they have to cut holes or any other kind of demo an electrician won't fix it where a skilled tradesman such as myself would do the whole job.
Just saying...
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Go online and buy a toner so you know what terminates where and spend an hour, no electrician needed. Toner is about 50 bucks
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If you don't have it yet, you can probably have the cable guy do it as part of the setup. But really that doesn't sound like a particularly complicated setup, so if you don't already have someone coming by it's probably not worth getting someone. I have a more complicated setup for getting internet to just 3 rooms / 4 permanent devices.
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Have you considered just getting wi-fi...? 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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I think Chris should try using wi-fi.
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Nah. The setup you have is quite adequate. My cable router is next to the TV in the living room, simply because running two long cables from the entry point to the TV and the router in a separate room increases cable losses. The router is connected to a wireless router with 450 Mbps bandwidth, which is more than enough for my needs, and reaches every room in the house, along with my shop.
Save your money...
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've started toying with it, for a possible job opening. Any Erlang coders in the house?
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Brady Kelly wrote: Any Erlang coders in the house?
Not here, but I look forward to seeing your articles on this.
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Brady Kelly wrote: Any Erlang coders in the house
Not really. I read a book about Erlang and played with it a bit, but never coded anything useful.
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