Two modems 1 phone line but in use at different times?

ViksB

I am about to go to my mums to set up her laptop system.
She currently has a PC which is connected to BT broadband (not wireless). The router isn't wireless enabled.
My plan is to set up a new wireless enabled router to hardwire to her PC and wireless to her laptop. Her laptop is unlikely to be in use at the same time as her PC.
This I know would work fine, however I suspect that due to her living in a very old house with very large walls that the wireless may not work.
She has another phone line downstairs, is there any reason that I can't leave the old broadband box with her PC and the new wireless router downstairs to use with her laptop? I am assuming that she wouldn't be able to use both at the same time but is there any reason why she couldn't use them at different times on the same broadband providers account?

Hope that makes sense?

Thank you as always for all your help.

Vikki

Samba_Pa_Ti

wont work, its only possible to connect with 1 router, better off just using the router and not worrying about the walls (as it should work, wifi isnt that crap).

espresso

ViksB wrote: »

She has another phone line downstairs, is there any reason that I can't leave the old broadband box with her PC and the new wireless router downstairs to use with her laptop? I am assuming that she wouldn't be able to use both at the same time but is there any reason why she couldn't use them at different times on the same broadband providers account?

Hope that makes sense?

Assuming that you mean another socket on the same telephone line downstairs, yes you could do that as long as only one modem/router is plugged into the line.

fuzzball172

if the wifi won't reach the new PC, you could always use a powerlan adaptor. They look like a power-adaptor, but allow you to transmit ethernet LAN over your home mains supply.
You plug one in next to your wifi router and link it with an ethernet cable. You plug a second powerlan adaptor in upstairs with the new PC. you link the powerlan to the PC with another ethernet cable and hey presto you have internet upstairs...

Lee

Samba_Pa_Ti

fuzzball172 wrote: »

if the wifi won't reach the new PC, you could always use a powerlan adaptor. They look like a power-adaptor, but allow you to transmit ethernet LAN over your home mains supply.
You plug one in next to your wifi router and link it with an ethernet cable. You plug a second powerlan adaptor in upstairs with the new PC. you link the powerlan to the PC with another ethernet cable and hey presto you have internet upstairs...

Lee

thats a good idea, somtimes its cheaper to hardwire than use wifi (as it might mean getting panel antennas if the signal is that bad), using the mains supply for the internet is a great way to get round the problem of not having or wanting ethernet cables fitted.