Well, unless his old house is made of sheet metal or stone I don't see how it'd have anything that'd cause that many problems. If you can use a baby monitor or a wireless home phone you shouldn't have any trouble, though keep in mind that if they're on 2.4GHz you might run into some interference. For example if my baby monitor mic is in between me and my wireless router I'll get bad performance.

Lead pipes in walls and some electrical conduits can provide some interference, but usually just moving one endpoint a few feet is all that's needed.

Good luck.
J.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Luke -Jr <luke@dashjr.org> wrote:

On Thursday 28 August 2008 21:12:20 Matthew Copple wrote:
> My son is finally learning to read, and it is time to put a computer in his
> room. Unfortunately, we live in a hundred-year old house, and the idea of
> threading several feet of cat5 through bedroom and hallway is not
> appealing. I am putting Edubuntu on it for him.

If the house is old, it may very well be made in a way that interferes with
wireless signals. I'd suggest grabbing a cheap USB dongle from WalMart. If it
doesn't work well for any reason, you can just return it :)

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