Correct me if I'm wrong, Brian, but is this a new house with RJ45 ports in most rooms? Only, I went to see a new build recently and the networking was literally patched throughout the house.
If that is the case, you will have a passive distribution panel somewhere in the house; probably the cupboard under the stairs. You should then put a switch there, and patch appropriately (all rooms using ports should be wired to that switch); with one of them coming from your router and no doubt providing DHCP to the rest of the house. I'll not go in to any more detail now, in case I've misunderstood ;) Regards, Jon On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 09:53 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
