[olug] dual head /w SuSe - easier method?

Tue Jan 3 22:42:23 UTC 2006

   I just installed a spiffy new Samsung 204T 20" LCD so I can dare to 
move my head while watching movies. There is nothing wrong with my old 
Samsung 172N 17" LCD. I'm running a Radeon 9200 video card. What would 
the easiest method be to make it dual head? Room for more telnet/ssh 
windows would be the movitation so crazy 3D acceleration is unneeded ... 
can I just add a PCI video card and cross my fingers? Or would a proper 
dual head card be the best choice?

Hurley Rod wrote:

>Don't overlook the obvious: physical terminations and splitters.  Data
>needs a lot better signal quality than TV does.  If you have TV's going
>in every room chances are you aren't helping your data signal.  I have
>replaced old splitters at the demarc box and/or inside homes and
>improved the throughput as much as 20%.  Those boxes get moisture,
>humidity, etc and sometimes do better with new fittings.  Also, some
>cheapie splitters are "you get what you pay for."  They work ok with TV
>splits, but not as well with data.
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>Just a thought since you are asking.
>
>Rod Hurley
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
>Charles Bird
>Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:00 PM
>To: Omaha Linux User Group
>Subject: Re: [olug] DSL/CO distance in bellevue
>
>I noticed an Andrews "drum" on top of the mall as well as a cell site in
>the parking lot, we scanned the 2.4Ghz range and detected nothing much
>above the noise floor.
>
>Still looking for a dedicated of perhaps good burstable connection in
>the near future.
>
>Just got residential Cox 10Mb/1Mb and i think its pretty lame, they
>should have just called it 6Mb/600Kb, there seems to be no differnce
>than the midlevel service. Perhaps I have overlooked something like
>having an older cable modem (3yrs old) or perhaps something else.
>
>Thanks for the ideas ppl  :)
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Noel Leistad" <noel at metc.net>
>To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>Subject: Re: [olug] DSL/CO distance in bellevue
>Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 15:26:16 -0600
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>>neonramp has something. works right off 370. realize it's a 
>>distance north for you, but they MAY have something looking that 
>>way as well.
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>>Neal Rauhauser wrote:
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>>>American Relay was in there but they did a 'fly by night' - came 
>>>and took all of their antennas off the roof after hours, then 
>>>tried to get their equipment back, apparently without paying 
>>>their bills. I think that was in 2002.
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>>> Jag wireless has a lot of stuff in there, but I don't think they 
>>>have distribution in the area. You could give 'em a try - they've 
>>>been around a while and they seem to have a very good plant.
>>>
>>> Microlnk bought WispAir. WispAir had a small tower in the 900 
>>>block of Fort Crook Road which can see that area, but I last 
>>>touched it in 2003 so I don't know if it remained after the 
>>>WispAir sale. I hear bad, bad things about Microlnk's overall 
>>>performance and network topology and this has been a consistent 
>>>complaint of their customers for all of the years I've had any 
>>>involvement in the wireless business.
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>>>Daniel Linder wrote:
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>>>>On Wed, December 28, 2005 18:23, Charles Bird wrote:
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>>>>>I just moved right next to southroads mall right behind sears and
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>>>>>wondering if any of U out there know where the qwest CO is in
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>>>>relation to
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>>>>>my location and why I cant get dsl pro at that location.
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>>>>>Any of U know how far down the line is the limit for the really
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>>>>good
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>>>>>bandwidth for DSL?
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>>>>Toward the end of my employment at IPRev (no CoSentry) there were
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>>>>three competing Wireless ISP's hosted there and installing antennas
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>on the
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>>>>roof of the building.  If you're that close, you might be in a good
>>>>position to use one of them.
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>>>>Dan
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>>>>Asimov
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