You/we can get Network Kits (with a hub for up to 5 PC's) for home use such
as "Network in a Box" by D-Link, with "built-in" Network intelligence (still
trying to get mine working however...) for just NZD199 (or UKP65 I would
assume). D-Link also sell additional network cards (UKP12) for expanding the
Network to more than the basic single peer to peer. The biggest hassle is
wiring up the Cat-5 cabling around the house. I got a quote for cable
yesterday at around NZD1.50 per metre (UKP0.50)
JW
Dr Jon Wilcox
General Medicine, Paediatrics and Obstetrics,
Glenfield Medical Centre,
452 Glenfield Road,
Auckland 1310, New Zealand
Phone or Fax +649-444-7656
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-----Original Message-----
From: Iain L M Hotchkies <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 01:56
Subject: home networks
>Several people have indicated that they have networks at home.
>I have a few questions:
>
>What, in very broad terms, would be the cost of networking,
> say, 4 PCs?
>
>What are the main benefits of so doing?
>
>Any drawbacks?
>
>Who uses the computers?
>
>If children, how many and how old and how do you know they're
> doing their homework and not downloading anal-sex jpegs?
>
>I have one completely disinterested (in computers) wife (although
> I've always sensed that if only I could get a sexy-looking box
> hooked up in the kitchen she might go for it, a 6-year-old and
> a 3-year-old who are whizzes with mice and improving all the time
> with trad. keyboard skills. They have a Pentium Multimedia PC
> for their own use but I can see a point approaching when hooking
> everything up together would make sense. Probably the time is not
> now, but not far off.
>
>
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