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On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 10:38 +0100, Simon Robert wrote: > On Mon, 2009-05-18 at 12:19 +0100, kevin wrote: > > I would imagine every one in the Village would get Broadband if i used > > the Mains. > > No I'll stick to a wireless point from the tearoom PC if I can get a > > reliable card for linux. > > > > Thanks > > > > > that's just daft. Wifi is just has security problems equal or more so > than plugs. Is your village on one mains circuit? If the whole place can > get broadband from a "homeplug" in your home then you must be paying the > electric bill for the entire village, so why worry about giving them broadband as well! at £1500 / qtr I probably am I have got a Edimax Card working now for £13 quid > > In any case the new high speed devolo plugs have encryption that works > by pressing a button on the base of the plug or/and software for > linux/mac/windoze if you don't trust that. The older ones, just as good, > just have the software. > > Another option, though the plugs are the best one, is a linksys router > of the right sort. If the firmware is changed you can use it to connect > wirelessly to your other router and then connect it via a ethernet cable > to your PC. Look up tomato on http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato. > > But really the plug option seems to be a no brainer.. > > > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html