Naw, not that kind of networking. Although I should be doing more of that, of course. But I’m talking about the kind of networking that would let me access my DSL connection from any room in the house. In fact it would let me throw a card in Junior’s computer so THAT one would have DSL access too.
Only problem is the cost. Sure, you can get a router on sale, but then you have to buy hardward for each of the computers that will be accessing the new network. I was at Staples today faxing something (still cheaper than buying a fax machine, given how seldom I fax stuff) and they had a router on the sale table. After rebates it was only 9.95 or so. WOW! Quelle deal! But the fine print is that with this particular router everything has to be connected by cable to the router. That’s hardly worth it to me, given that Junior’s computer is in the basement, and I want to set this up so I can take my computer up into my room or out on the deck. So I priced some wireless setups. 100 or so for the router, 79 for the wireless card for the notebook, about the same for one for the desktop. Sheesh. So for now I’ll just suffer. And if the wireless router goes on sale for 9.95 after rebates, I’ll be all over it.
p.s. Anyone have a spare graphics card with a minimum of 8megs of ram that will run on a Windows 98 system that they don’t need anymore?
