We have ethernet access in my dorm, but the building next to us does NOT. We friend is always complaining that they don't have ethernet there, so we've been passing around the idea of somehow splitting my connection and wiring it up to his building next door. We don't know if we can actually pull it off, but it's worth a shot. BTW, this is something we want to do as cheaply as possible (it's mostly just for kicks, we don't want to sell our books doing it).
Idea #1
Just run a straight stretch cable from my building to his, not quite sure if we are within the 100m range, if the distance is further, what do we need to entend the signal?
Idea#2
Run a cable from my room outside and connect it to a server (486 or something w/ 2 nics) bury it, and use the second nic to run a connection through his window. I thought this would be a better idea if range was going to be an issue. For example, if the distance between his room and mine were 150m, we could setup the server halfway (75m) and I'm not sure if this is correct, but the server could generate a stronger signal back to his room. Please correct me if this is not correct.
Anyways, this is what we've been discussing. Can you guys think of any ways (the crazier the better) of how we can pull this off?
Scrapster
Idea #1
Just run a straight stretch cable from my building to his, not quite sure if we are within the 100m range, if the distance is further, what do we need to entend the signal?
Idea#2
Run a cable from my room outside and connect it to a server (486 or something w/ 2 nics) bury it, and use the second nic to run a connection through his window. I thought this would be a better idea if range was going to be an issue. For example, if the distance between his room and mine were 150m, we could setup the server halfway (75m) and I'm not sure if this is correct, but the server could generate a stronger signal back to his room. Please correct me if this is not correct.
Anyways, this is what we've been discussing. Can you guys think of any ways (the crazier the better) of how we can pull this off?
Scrapster