Re: Advice appreciated to go wireless

John Navas <spamfilter1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hath wroth:

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:23:43 -0000, "Jerry and Ce"
<jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in <et9eji$ct5$1@xxxxxxxx>:

Daughter has just split from boyfriend and moved back in with her PC.
I want to enable her PC to use our Freeserve/BT line broadband.
Wireless seems easiest.
Currently connected through Speedtouch ADSL modem.
Any advice please on cheapest easiest way to get her PC online from other
side of house.
What kit do I need?
Package deal anywhere?

If there are multiple wills involved, consider powerline (mains)
networking of a wired router instead, which does a better job of going
through multiple walls; e.g., NETGEAR XE102G (kit of two adapters).

Agreed. Going through more than 1 wall can be a problem, especially
if there is aluminium foil backed insulation inside the walls. That's
what got me today, when I installed a new 2-wire modem/router/wireless
box. The house was divided roughly into thirds, each seperated by a
wall full of aluminium foil. With the wireless access point at one
end of the house, I would get 54Mbits/sec in the same room,
11Mbits/sec in the adjacent rooms, and 1 or 2 Mbits/sec or nothing at
the other end of the house. I'll be back tomorrow to install power
line networking as this wireless installation isn't going to work.

Power Line networking:
<http://www.homeplug.com>

Also, phone line networking:
<http://www.homepna.com>

Also, CATV coax sharing:
<http://www.coaxsys.com>
<http://www.multilet.com>
<http://www.mocalliance.org> (sorta, maybe)

Incidentally, Netgear has some products newer than the XE102G. See:
<http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineEthernetAdapters.aspx>
I might try them to see how they work.

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