On 14-02-06 08:14 AM, Kevin McGregor wrote:
As I suspected, it was Cat 5e, misidentified by the owner. The line comes in from outside and connects to some kind of enormous VCR-sized Motorola box which (I'm told by the owner) uses an inordinate amount of power. I was able to insert a Linksys WRT54GS between that box and their computer transparently. Alas, I couldn't configure OpenWRT properly to get the wireless working. It kept reporting "Wireless is disabled or not associated" even though the wireless was enabled. I had limited time and couldn't find a solution before I had to leave. Bummed.
That's the original MTS TV service - SD, not HD, "analog" for certain meanings of that word. I worked with most of the people who implemented in at nGage and ... some other company that MTS spun off to develop the service, can't remember its name now. Basically it's a dead-end product, but eminently suitable for, er, "sunsetting" users ;-). -Adam