<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/10/7 Alan Lord (News) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alanslists@gmail.com">alanslists@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">On 07/10/09 09:24, javadayaz wrote:<br> > Hi,<br> > Some of you may remember my post about streaming content from a ubuntu<br> > pc to a media centre/xbox over an eternet wire a couple of months ago!<br> > All of this in my new house<br> > Well heres a quick update.<br> > I was thinking of how best to get this done when it occurred to me that<br> > when i get the virgin man to drill a whole to install the virgin<br> > services (the internet upstairs, the tv box downstairs) the most logical<br> > solution is that i ask him very nicely to drill another two holes and at<br> > the same time run an ethernet wire through those. So one ethernet clippy<br> > thing is upstairs and the other is downstairs. In the living room. Then<br> > when i want to watch something all i have to do is make sure its<br> > connected to my pc upstairs and im done. No wire, no hassle.<br> > Simple.<br> > What do you think?<br> > Javad<br> <br> </div></div>Cable for the win!<br> <br> I had my house flood wired with CAT5e when it was (re)built in 1998/1999.<br> <br> Have never looked back. We have no need for WiFi; 100Mbps, soon to be<br> GigE, switched to every room in the house.<br> <br> Al<br> <font color="#888888"><br> <br> <br> --<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>What switch(es) do you use?<br> <br> Simon <br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS<br>