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Hi all, I have what some might consider a stupid question. I've recently switched to a new ISP and the only place they could install their modem was in the buildings cellar. My flat is on the third floor, so I thought I was being clever by getting a pair of powerline adapters and a basic gigabit wireless access point. This did not go smoothly; the connection is too unstable to be of any use. Here's the question; can I extend the line by adding extra powerline adapters in-between floors or will that not work? |
Networking issue
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azurelas_2 2,157 posts
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BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Registered 14 years agoDon't most powerline adapters only have one ethernet port? I don't know how you would link them together. Were II you I would look into one of those whole house WiFi booster systems. Or get them to move the router, they must be able to extend the cable. -
@azurelas_2 I'm surprised the powerlines work at all. They need to be on the same ring main and that would be unlikely in your scenario. I'd give the Wi-Fi extenders a go as has been mentioned. Failing that a cable would be the only solution. -
What does everyone else do for internet? Could be a candidate for setting up a mesh network with a point on each floor? Or discretely drill through each floor and lay some cable .gif)
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Registered 19 years agoFrankly you should complain. Find out what other people are doing and have them do that. -
azurelas_2 2,157 posts
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Registered 16 years ago@BigOrkWaaagh The ones I have have 2 Ethernet ports each. Moving the router is a bit of a faff since it requires drilling and cabling, so it's not really an option.
I thought adding extra adaptors should solve it if they're all on the same network. -
Seems powerlines adaptors will work on different ring mains providing they are on the same phase.
Edited by Blackmarsh63 at 17:09:08 05-08-2018
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BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI don't understand why it's ok for ethernet cable to go between floors but not whatever cable connects to your router. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoBest way is to place a good wireless router central in the house, and have one ethernet cable running from that to the crappy wifi router/modem in the cellar.
If you have a lot of other wifi networks around you should probably download an older free version off inSSIDer and see what channels the neighbours are using, try and find a channel that has the least amount of other networks on it and set your router to that. -
azurelas_2 2,157 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI seem to have solved the issue. More powerline adapters and a good Linksys gigabit WiFi router. Thanks for the advice everyone ! -
Technoishmatt 5,365 posts
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Registered 7 years agocould have run a cable out the window. that is what we did back in the 90s before wifi -
Technoishmatt 5,365 posts
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Registered 7 years agocould have run a cable out the window. that is what we did back in the 90s before wifi -
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