WOOHOO!

[danaeris]

We have working ethernet!

OK, granted, we don't have a router so I'm the only one who can use it except when others borrow my laptop, but still. It took a week. That's all. Speakeasy ROCKS.

They also have us on a static IP for the price of a dynamic IP, and if they decide to go to PPPoE in SF, they'll give us a week's notice, at which point we can decide if we want to spend another $10/month for a static IP. w00t!


It requires crossover ethernet cable, however---whatever that is. The cable I have is not. So I can't use it anywhere but the living room because the cable they sent us is real short.

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on the downside, our landlady is selling the building. She's showing it this afternoon to her first interested potential buyer. Shit. I knew the month-to-month thing was a bad sign. What happens if she sells it? How easy would it be for them to get rid of us?

Comments

[cr0wgrrl.livejournal.com]

You're pretty safe, in many respects. There's an excellent article about your rights on the San Francisco Tenants' Union Web site (http://www.sftu.org/sale.html).

[digitalsidhe.livejournal.com]

Try skipping up to Central Computer, at 837 Howards Street (near 4th). They have loads of pre-crimped Ethernet cable in various lengths, and at least some of it is crossover.

If that doesn’t work, given a crimper (which I’d need to borrow from someone; mine is missing) and a spare RJ45 crimp-on (which I have bunches of), I could turn a standard cable of any length into a crossover of basically the same length (it might lose an inch or two in the process).

Alternatively, when you do get your router/switch/etc., it will almost definitely have an uplink port on it, which will make a crossover cable unnuecessary (and will solve lots of your other problems). So I’d concentrate on finding that. Again, I’m available to consult with on that, as per my previous comment in an earlier thread.

[nathanjw]

you shouldn't need a crossover cable with the iBook; it's ethernet port is auto-switching and should be able to work with a crossed or uncrossed arrangement. Still a good idea to have the right cable for less-tolerant machines, though.