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Re: [LUG] cable for saturday

 

On 03/08/10 19:11, Rob Beard wrote:
>  On 03/08/2010 17:21, Paul Sutton wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> The room we are in on saturday does not have any cat 5 sockets, however
>> if someone can bring 25 -30 m of cat 5 cable then I can plug it in to
>> the hub in the IT room and we should then have net access
>>
>> this is a normal hub, so a straight through cable should plug in to a
>> laptop, if we want more then we need to plug in to a wireless extender
>> (or something ) or another hub,  if it needs a 2nd hub we may need a
>> cross over cable again 30m.
>>
>> If people have the right bits and pieces then I am sure between us we
>> can make something work.
>>
>> Paul
> Why do we need a cable?  Surely the wireless would work?
> 
> Unfortunately I don't have a network cable that long, not sure if anyone
> else does.
> 
> Rob
> 
In case the wireless does not work

Paul

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