Recent content by BrianAltenhofel

This. With that set up I'd just compare the price when choosing CAT5E or CAT6 for gigabit ethernet. Sometimes you can run across a good deal on CAT6 where it's comparable in price (only a few $ more) to CAT5E. The only real advantage to CAT6 in your situation is that most of those cables have a...

The best performance I've seen in two-way communication with Wireless-N in the real world was 85mbps - in the same room. Theoretical speeds are great, but they just don't happen. As for "most routers getting 100mbps", you can buy consumer gigabit switches all day at Walmart for $30-$70 and...

Impedance has a significant effect on high frequencies, especially in longer cable runs. It's not as simple as "it either works or doesn't". If the impedance of the cable itself is significant enough, you will have problems with a digital signal. That's why on longer runs, you use higher quality...

At least in Oklahoma, it's not very cost effective to run wireless between buildings between wind, rain, hail, lightning strikes, etc. even with high end equipment. Been there, done that, found it more cost effective even to run fiber. He's not going to be carrying a ton of traffic, so CAT5E or...

It appears that one of the boards used in the concrete joint is rotted out. I'm not surprised, considering the other issues my garage has. My question: is there a viable, cheap quick fix? Or should I wait until I have the $$$ to do it right? Right now, my first goal is saving up to replace the...

Yes, it's perfectly fine. I avoid anything direct burial like the plague. Way too many underground critters have caused way too many issues. Plus, run in sufficiently large conduit, it's easier to just pull another cable, and it's more difficult to accidentally break a line doing digging work...

I just bought that generator Friday for $262.70 shipped and taxed. Still, $379 ain't bad when the regular price is $650 and the Craigslist price is $500.

116 C.F.R § 700.7 (a) Under section 104(b)(1) of the [MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT] a warrantor offering a full warranty may not impose on consumers any duty other than notification of a defect as a condition of securing remedy of the defect or malfunction, unless such additional duty can be...

I had a lot of pros recommend to me TWP when I rebuilt my front porch. So far, I'm very satisfied with it. (And at $40/gal, my wife says I'd better be satisfied.)

Nice work! I've wanted to get a Glock for a camping, BOB, or spare pistol in case my XD ever gets used (pretty much same manual of arms, but Kel-tec has a folding carbine that would be in that bag that takes Glock mags), but I've never been able to get past the grip angle and finger grooves. I...

If that's true, do I need to fill out BATFE Form 4?

I still haven't gotten an FPE breaker to trip at my house. I'm pretty sure that a 120v MIG running full power (and still making great welds), 120v air compressor, deep freeze, refrigerator, microwave, 12 florescent lights, and stereo (that draws 3.4 amps constant according to an ammeter) is...

Cutler Hammer is usually carried by ACE Hardware if you want to check there.

I just step outside the garage. Its better than walking 50 feet back to the house, and if I keep it marked often enough the dog won't come in and get into chemicals and paper towels she shouldn't be in.

I may have come across as a Microsoft fanboy, but I'm not. There are many flaws in their operating system all in the name of user-friendliness. The more user-friendly you make something, the less secure and robust it is. The "Vista = ****" articles in magazines look like they copy-pasted the...