[SLUG] Using old ethernet wiring?

From: Mark Polhamus (meplists@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 15:50:24 EDT


(Hoping to find a local network expert who works with legacy wiring...)

Just moved into a new place, and along with all the cable tv coax wiring,
there appears to be couple runs of 75 Ohm "thicknet" coax (10base5??). I
would like to use this cable to connect a downstairs network to my cable
modem/router upstairs. Probably just a ReplayTV unit -- just for the channel
guide, not for streaming video.

Is there any cheap way to do this? Some sort of 10baseT<->10base5 media
converter on each end? Anyone know how, and where to get the hardware?

Obviously at some point it becomes cheaper/easier to buy a wireless bridge and
  hook it up to my wireless access point which I already own. Or run cat5e
cable (or fiber?) -- which probably means spending much time in a hot, hot
attic :(, or hiring someone to do it ($$). Seems a shame not to use the
existing wiring though.

-- Mark Polhamus

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