Getting Keyboards on the Beach

Some people never leave home without American Express. I prefer to always carry Netgear Wireless Hub products with me and cash for everything else.

If you've wondered about Ethernet over power, here is the current set up I have and how I got it.

I've got an Internet connection in the cottage.  I have this beach and a really nice shade tree with my name on it.

Enter a construction type extension cord.  I run this from an outside plug along side the property fence line right to the beach. Plug in the Netgear equipment and, presto, keyboards on the beach.

The cord is probably 500 feet along the property line I suspect passing boats can get a bit of an Internet fix.

Comments

[MRM]

take a break from it all

for just a few hours at least

or Theresa will kill you and we won't have you around to tease anymore

[Colin Henderson]

This is hilarious ... and I am jealous! Have a Martini on me.

[Matthew Ward]

We live on lake Couchaching across from the quainte city of Orillia. I blew my brains out purchasing premium waterfront property so I could enjoy the, um , premium waterfront portion of the property.

It's about 200 feet from the house to the dock, and I have done this exact same thing, excepting that I have installed the net gear in a nifty little waterproof box that I can simply unplug and take back to the house with me - or forget occasionally after enjoying the the waterfront portion too much on a hot July Saturday.

Is it a ready to pitch invention ? Maybe, but not for me... but it works slick and I certainly am going to watch for boats slowing as they pass our dock (and I thought they were just gawking at the idiots who paid so much for the premium waterfront property).