-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Computing in the garage..

HB,
    You're absolutely right.  Although it's really a combination of the 
thick walls, the distance and the exterior air the signal must negotiate 
before (not) reaching the garage.  Hardwiring the router to the garage will 
fix it and most likely boost the speed of the connection significantly as 
well.  A simple web search for "Cat5 wiring" will give you tons of returns, 
but the link below might just be enough for your purposes.  Heed any and all 
of the cautions you find while researching this.

http://www.bluemax.net/techtips/networking/Wiring_Tips/Wiring100TX/howtomakeyourowncat5cables.htm

    If your garage is a separate building from the house, take extra care to 
make sure that the cable you run is never subjected to standing water (or 
buried underground without protection).  If there's already a phone line 
running overhead from the house to the garage, tie this new CAT5 to it being 
careful to not bind it too tightly.  Ethernet cables are somewhat delicate 
and should never be bent around objects or pinched by staples (or some other 
means of tacking it to floorboards, walls and such on its way to the 
garage).

    Windows has everything it needs to make the new 'wired' connection to 
the garage PCs.  In fact, it takes less to make a wired connection than a 
wireless one.

Let me know if there's anything else you need for this project.

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <HandsomeBlck@xxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 7:52 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Computing in the garage..


> Hello all,
>     We currently have two desktops "being fed by blue wire" from the 
> router,
> and two laptops that are wireless. However, whenever we use either laptop 
> in
> the garage, they indicate the signal strength is low or very low. The 
> garage
> is about 50 feet from the router, and the walls are the older thicker, 
> plaster,
> or mortar style.
>     I'm thinking of running a cable from the router, out to the garage.
> Is the blue cable called a CAT5?
>
> Does anyone have a link with instructions on how to attach the end tips to
> the cable?
>
> Are there any additional software setup steps needed for the laptops when
> they are connected via cable instead of wireless?
>
> Thanks,
>
> HB 

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