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Make your own null modem cable

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 04:45:15 +0000

One of my coworkers needed to make a null modem cable last week, and most of the sites he found made it far, far too difficult. All you really need is 3 wires. Here’s how to make your own null

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Does AT&T U-Verse drop connections like DSL?

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 11:00:39 +0000

I got this question anonymously, but it’s a fair question: Does AT&T U-Verse drop connections like DSL? In my experience, over the 3½ years I’ve had it, sometimes. But not nearly as often. I can think of two times this year I’ve seen my

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Improving DSL speed

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:35:14 +0000

I found some DSL speed tips. They work. If you have DSL, you should read them and do the same.

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New wiring

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:09:07 +0000

Gatermann and I spent most of the day pulling CAT5e through the house. It's long overdue. The guy who wired the phones in the house broke every single rule I could find about running voice/data cable, and it wasn't good stuff to begin with. Plus, I was really tired of the lack of reliability of 802.11g in this house. Why I can see all of my neighbors' networks but not my own is beyond me.

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Wiring the house

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:28:42 +0000

My trusty Linksys WRT54G started dying yesterday. I think I've had it 3-4 years, so it's had a decent run.

I have some temporary wiring in place until I decide what I want to do, but I really think I want some wired Ethernet.

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In honor of Southwestern Bell and AT&T getting back together

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 22:32:07 +0000

In honor of Southwestern Bell and AT&T getting back together, here's how to do your own phone wiring.

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A day of catching up

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 03 Aug 2003 13:09:32 +0000

I might finally have reliable DSL. Gatermann and I spent a good part of the day cleaning up my phone wiring. The wiring appeared to have been done by someone who couldn't make up his mind how he wanted to do it. Seeing as I had two jacks that didn't work anyway, and I own exactly three telephones plus an answering machine, we pulled out a number of the runs altogether (the wires are still there, just not hooked up at the box). And we cleaned up some oxidation that had shown up on some of the lines that were there.

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