Re: [LUNI] Need a place to start. . . .

What he really needs is an Evil Realtor

http://www.villainsupply.com/evilrealtor.html

Keith

On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 10:59:49, Joel Glad said:
> someone call Austin Powers, quick.
> ;)
> 
> On Saturday 21 September 2002 10:16 am, Mark E. Matula wrote:
> > Ok, I don't even know how to begin searching for information on this.
> >
> > Here's the hypothetical situation: Say you have a whack-job-militant
> > compound with an HQ, a few auxillary command and guard posts, and a whole
> > lot of shacks to house your millitia.  Your compound covers about 1000
> > acres.  You want to network everyone together - mostly the HQ and the
> > command posts, but getting everyone together would be nice.
> >
> > You consider wireless, but wonder how many WAPs you'd need for that much
> > coverage and also remember the high-tension lines running through the
> > middle of the compound which might give you EMI to contend with.  But then
> > you remember that you've got cable infrastructure set up already, because
> > your millitants REALLY love Animal Planet and Comedy Central.  Now being a
> > hard-core wack-job militant, you didn't trust/allow AT&T, TCI or anyone to
> > come in.  You got your own dishes, ran your own wiring, and set up a
> > broadcast network.  So you start to wonder, can you use that same
> > infrastructure the same way the big boys do - to provide cable TV AND
> > broadband internet (intranet, in this case) service to your troops?
> >
> > What kind of equipment would it require to host such a thing if possible? 
> > I know about DHCP and setting up all of the intranet servers and needing
> > cablemodems on the client ends.  Mostly I'm wondering about how broadband
> > cable works at the originating end.  IS there an originating end, or is it
> > just a plain 'ol cable modem sitting there in AT&T's offices?  I haven't
> > the slightest clue how cable broadband works, so any hints/links/etc. would
> > be very much appreciated.  Additionally, if you think wireless MIGHT be the
> > way to go, or there's something I haven't thought of, please let me know. 
> > My troops are anxious to start swapping their pr0n and MP3 collections, not
> > to mention fragging the hell out of eachother.
> 
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