Hi Brian,
The BT Home Hub is delivering a paltry 2Mbits if I'm lucky but that's being
addressed by BT now that the 10-day acclimatisation period is finished. It
also only pushes its wifi about ten feet - not sure if that's the thick
walls or the fact that it's in the boiler room with all the electrics. It
used to reach the whole of the house at the old address.
It sounds like you would benefit from powerline networking, such as this:
http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-av-index.htm
For example, you would start with something like NET-PLV-200AV-PE, which is a
wall plug with a network port; you stick it in your wall near your Home Hub
and connect it to the Home Hub with a network cable.
You can then add more NET-PLV-200AV-PE devices around the house anywhere where
you want a (cabled) network connection, but for wireless you'd get
NET-PL-200AV-PEW-N, which you could plug in anywhere; it would connect back to
the HomeHub via the mains and give a wireless signal to you where you need it.
The combined cost (one of each) is about £60+delivery, although you'd probably
be better off with the starter kit (NET-PL-200AVPEW-KIT) - also £60 but
slightly better kit.
There are various manufacturers making this kit; we were a Solwise reseller
for years (technically we still are so if you want a fair bit let me know and
I can probably get you a discount); our experience was that it was better kit
than Devolo, Netgear, etc who all have similar offerings. There are also
several different speeds available; I picked the 200Mbps option but you can go
up to 500Mbps or even 1Gbps (or down to 85Mbps but that's legacy stuff that
I'd avoid for a new install).
We installed a fair bit of this kit in a castle in Scotland where thick walls
were a *real* problem....
Mark
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