Wednesday, February 08, 2006

infrastructure changes

The wiring inside our apartment is undergoing some major changes. This is what it looked like before:

- a cable comes out of a jack in the bedroom and is split to go to the cable modem and to the long cable that snakes to the DVR
- the cable modem is connected to a wireless router that connects my desktop, work laptop, and Sue's computer to the internet
- the DVR is connected to the TV with RCA cables

This is what it will be:
- a cable comes out of a jack in the bedroom, and feeds a cable modem that feeds the wireless router that feeds my desktop, work laptop, Sue's computer, and, get this, the neighbor's computer
- the neighbors, in return, send their cable to us wirelessly... the receiver connects to the TV through RCA
- the as-of-yet unknown source connects to the desktop's TV-in, the desktop functions as a DVR, and the signal is sent over coax to the TV

Anyhoo, I've learned two things:
#1: You can send an RCA signal wirelessly, but not the full cable
#2: Number one kinda sucks if you wanted to hook the wireless receiver right up to the DVR

This stuff ain't easy... wish I had a degree in AV, not CS!

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