Broadband & Wifi help required

arm431888

Hi folks I need some help with my sky broadband.

Our main (master) telephone socket is in our living room but our PC is in the 2nd bedroom upstairs. I've plugged the router into a 2nd telephone socket in our main bedroom and run an extension cable through the hall.

Is there any other way of hooking things up that doesn't involve the extension or is there a better type of cable to use that makes. The Wi-Fi signal is dire and you can't run anything too strenuous.

Any help greatly appreciated

bluesnake

if you tend to keep you laptop plugged into the mains, a powerline adapter would not be a bad choice

Enterprise_1701C

You say the wifi is dire - is this speed or strength? If it is speed then try the modem/router in the main socket to check the speed there. If it is still bad then, assuming you have a "split" box, (two part main box) in the lounge, carefully remove the bottom part and plug your router into the test socket there, if it is still bad then it is down to Sky, if it suddenly shoots up then it is down to your internal cabling that will be attached to the plate you have just removed.

You should be able to have the router plugged in downstairs and use the wifi upstairs, unless you have an inordinately big house!

If the router runs well downstairs in the main socket (without the plate removed) then you could just run a powerline adaptor off one of the sockets that should be on the back of the router, plug it into a mains socket and you then have internet anywhere on the electrical circuit. This would also be a good solution if it is a problem with the strength of the wifi.

macman

As above, just use a pair of Homeplugs.

arm431888

Thanks folks. Looks like it'll be these powerline things and move the router to the main phone socket.

Fingers crossed things will get better:)