Which type of conduit to place in wet concrete?

[Geronimo W. Christ Esq]

I'd hazard a guess that this is unlikely in the majority of cases. I reckon that the majority of soho used computers out there run little more than Windows and MS Office. I'll wager that is the case here.

In any case, the wireless network is suggested as a way to share an internet connection whose bandwidth doesn't come close to that of the wireless LAN. Most of the cheap wireless routers I've seen have a 10/100 switch included anyway, if you really need the bandwidth.

Yes, mine is set up to use WPA. I misread your original point :(

[Geronimo W. Christ Esq]

The 10Mbps thing is a bit of a red herring now that 100Mbps is ubiquitous. The 100Mbps network has only double the bandwidth of a wireless G network under ideal conditions. The question here is whether it is worthwhile or not to run cables around the house. I would find it difficult to justify that just to double the bandwidth. Others may differ depending on their circumstances.

In the original poster's case we're talking about a convenient way to connect a broadband internet connection, which is probably 1-4Mbps, in which case all this stuff about ethernet bandwidth has very little relevance.

If I were a pedant I'd complain that you've been dishonest in your suggestion that the wire speed of the physical layer is the actual rate at which your photograph data would be transferred.

Mine uses encryption and MAC filtering. Yes, I did have to configure that.

I had to do a minimum degree of configuration, but there was very little effort involved in making it work. Even if the network were wide open there isn't *that* much scope for hacking on a properly configured machine; most sensitive things use HTTPS anyway, and file/print sharing over SMB should not be enabled on Windows machines.

[John]

I would rather use cable - that way I can keep a check on what my kids are using the Internet for - at the moment we have two computers in one room - the laptop is wireless free and hence cannot be used for the unwanted!