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Wife goes MAC -- Hubby won't
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<blockquote data-quote="Carleen" data-source="post: 498008" data-attributes="member: 25943"><p>FYI - I'm using my hubby's PC to respond on this forum...........</p><p></p><p>"Is moving your imac closer to the hubbies computer not an option? How about some better placement on range extenders?"</p><p></p><p>---- moving imac closer is not an option </p><p>---- have tried moving range extenders everywhere</p><p>---- wireless is not encrypted with WPA2</p><p></p><p>"Why not use Cable for your internet needs?"</p><p></p><p>---- cable not available here in Podunk, Texas (using DirecTV dish)</p><p></p><p>"Yes, you could connect a bunch of ethernet cables together, or just have a very long one made, but that'd be the last thing I'd try."</p><p></p><p>---- Why the last thing? Everything else seems so very complicated and expensive? Although, I would have to be quite sneaky drilling holes everywhere, cuz this is a two story house. My bottomline is getting a great internet connection.</p><p></p><p>"You could try moving the router. It's connected to the modem with an ethernet cable, right? So if you got a 50' ethernet cable you could move that closer to your Mac - although if your husbands PC is right next to the thing now, you'd need another 50' cable to connect him. Getting messy again."</p><p></p><p>---- you're right...messy</p><p></p><p>WOW, thanks for your responses!! But I still need to know if connecting several 50' ethernet cables is a good idea, or if my internet connection would still be slow or even intermittent.....? I'm willing to crawl all over the attic, when hubby is at work.......</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Carleen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carleen, post: 498008, member: 25943"] FYI - I'm using my hubby's PC to respond on this forum........... "Is moving your imac closer to the hubbies computer not an option? How about some better placement on range extenders?" ---- moving imac closer is not an option ---- have tried moving range extenders everywhere ---- wireless is not encrypted with WPA2 "Why not use Cable for your internet needs?" ---- cable not available here in Podunk, Texas (using DirecTV dish) "Yes, you could connect a bunch of ethernet cables together, or just have a very long one made, but that'd be the last thing I'd try." ---- Why the last thing? Everything else seems so very complicated and expensive? Although, I would have to be quite sneaky drilling holes everywhere, cuz this is a two story house. My bottomline is getting a great internet connection. "You could try moving the router. It's connected to the modem with an ethernet cable, right? So if you got a 50' ethernet cable you could move that closer to your Mac - although if your husbands PC is right next to the thing now, you'd need another 50' cable to connect him. Getting messy again." ---- you're right...messy WOW, thanks for your responses!! But I still need to know if connecting several 50' ethernet cables is a good idea, or if my internet connection would still be slow or even intermittent.....? I'm willing to crawl all over the attic, when hubby is at work....... Thanks, Carleen [/QUOTE]
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