On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:42:15PM +0000, list-obsd-misc@pwns.ms wrote:

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> You said you live rurally - in that case, perhaps you should build/buy

> a small quality (read as: won't get wet) shed, have your systems there

> and run some outdoor-rated CAT5e from it to your house. That should

> allow you to use KVM extenders, serial, etc. Remember the

> inverse-square law for RF. RF usually is attentuated greatly by opaque

> things, though just plants etc. will also attentuate. If you can place

> it behind a hill that would be good.

> 

Following the electrical code, the shed would count as an outbuilding,

should have its own ground, etc.  It gets expensive quickly; comparable

to other in-house solutions.
Thanks,
Doug.