Homeplug Question

kah22

Hi guys here's the scene

Little sister is changing her study room into a spare bedroom and moving her desktop pc downstairs: which means of course all the associated wires with it - it also means that she will have to run another extension telephone cable into the the living room.

She already works her laptop from a homeplug, rather than by wireless and I was wondering if she were to keep the modem in the old study and connect it to a home plug and just have the homeplug plugged into the desktop would that give her a connection?

I operate these little gadgets myself and they are great.

Anyway thanks for any advice and if you feel there is a better way then please don't be afraid to say so.

Kevin

kwikbreaks

Modem or router?

If this is a USB modem then it can't be connected to a HomePlug. If it's a router or ethernet modem and she's running her lappy off homeplug then surely it is already connected via HomePlug and it's a case of buying an extra HomePlug for the relocated desktop (which will work just fine)

lrr_2

when i moved my pc i just installed this inside the pc and means no need for telephone cable.

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/home/product/14938/DLink-AirPlus-G-DWL-G510-PCI-Card-802-11g?source=googleps

kah22

kwikbreaks wrote: »

Modem or router?

If this is a USB modem then it can't be connected to a HomePlug. If it's a router or ethernet modem and she's running her lappy off homeplug then surely it is already connected via HomePlug and it's a case of buying an extra HomePlug for the relocated desktop (which will work just fine)

It's a wireless /router. At present she has the router connected to the desktop computer ie a wire running from the router to the desktop

What I'm trying to understand is if she takes the desktop and puts it in another room does the router still have to be plugged into a computer so it acts as a sort of a server or can she just buy a new homeplug, plug it into the router and use another homeplug on the desktop and still get internet access.

Kevin

kwikbreaks

The router is standalone. PCs can either connect to the WiFi or be plugged into one of the ethernet ports (either directly or through HomePlug)

If you connect one port of the router to a HomePlug then muliple PCs can connect back through their own HomePlug adaptors. Of course the bandwith on the single ethernet port on the router would be shared but for ADSL that is not going to be a problem.

What I can't work out is how the laptop is connecting via HomePlug if the router isn't already connected to one too?

Time2Extend

Hi Kevin

As kwikbreaks says, this is a little confusing!

If you already use Homeplug, either your router is `Homeplug enabled` (i.e. it has Homeplug built in) or it is connected to a Homeplug adapter.

In either case, if you are already using Homeplug, then the likelihood is that all you need to do is purchase an additional adapter for the desktop PC.

Just make sure you buy one compatible with whatever your router is using.

Rgds

kah22

kwikbreaks wrote: »

What I can't work out is how the laptop is connecting via HomePlug if the router isn't already connected to one too?

Sorry guys for any confusion. The way little sis is set up is as follows.

Desktop is connected to wireless router, which was the way she was connecting up to a few months ago. She now has a humplug plugged into one of the routers ports. Now when she is working from her laptop she plugs a homeplug ito the laptop and receives her signal that way ie she has two homeplugs, one plugged into the router and one into the laptop

Make sense?

Kevin

kwikbreaks

Perfect sense now.

All that is needed is an additional HomePlug of the correct type.

Note that 14Mbps ones are pretty much obsolete but are compatible with the 85Mbps ones. These all use the same standard and you can mix and match brands

200Mbps ones only work with other 200Mbps ones - not sure all brands use the same standard - you'd need to check that.

Quadrigius

Hi Kevin,

It should work fine. As long as the modem connects to a homeplug which is programmed/setup as the access point then it will send data to and from the homeplug(s) programmed/setup as end points. I use 4 Comtrend plugs over the house, 3 end oints and 1 access point with no problems. It saved me having a telephone line extension in my loft.

Bob

DCodd

Hi, never heard of homeplug before, just looked into it but can you tell me if I have read this right?

I have a desktop in the dining room and have 2 laptops in the house. I have a netgear wireless modem/router plugged into a telephone extension in the dining room which has the desktop plugged into it via ethernet cable.

Can I put the netgear in the hall (where the phone line comes in) and connect it to a homeplug, then put a homeplug in the dining room and plug the desktop into the homeplug via ethernet?? and still be able to connect to the netgear wirelessly from the laptops?

I know I could move the netgear into the hall and use a dongle on the desktop but would the homeplug route be a better one??

Thanks

espresso

DCodd wrote: »

I have a desktop in the dining room and have 2 laptops in the house. I have a netgear wireless modem/router plugged into a telephone extension in the dining room which has the desktop plugged into it via ethernet cable.

Can I put the netgear in the hall (where the phone line comes in) and connect it to a homeplug, then put a homeplug in the dining room and plug the desktop into the homeplug via ethernet?? and still be able to connect to the netgear wirelessly from the laptops?

I know I could move the netgear into the hall and use a dongle on the desktop but would the homeplug route be a better one??

Why do you want to move the Netgear to the hall? If it is to try to improve your broadband speed, simply disconnect any wires connected to terminal 3 on the master socket.