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Wireless - distance problem?

si_man_2
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in Techie Stuff
Hi all,
My current set up involves a PC in one room, that has a Netgear wireless router (54mbps) and the occasional use of a laptop (with wireless card) in another. Both machines run XP.
There are two doors in between the two rooms and the wireless connection in the 2nd room is usually slow or unreliable althogh it does work.
I will soon have to move the PC upstairs and I'm wondering if there is a quick and easy (not to mention cheap) way of briging the gap between floors.
I've seen that Netgear do some sort of device that plugs into an electrical socket. I also noticed the price... round about £90.00. Has anyone used this device?
What about having a faster router??
Basically, I will have the PC upstairs but won't to use the wireless laptop downstairs.
Unfortunately, leaving the PC where it is is not an option.
Thanks for any help
My current set up involves a PC in one room, that has a Netgear wireless router (54mbps) and the occasional use of a laptop (with wireless card) in another. Both machines run XP.
There are two doors in between the two rooms and the wireless connection in the 2nd room is usually slow or unreliable althogh it does work.
I will soon have to move the PC upstairs and I'm wondering if there is a quick and easy (not to mention cheap) way of briging the gap between floors.
I've seen that Netgear do some sort of device that plugs into an electrical socket. I also noticed the price... round about £90.00. Has anyone used this device?
What about having a faster router??
Basically, I will have the PC upstairs but won't to use the wireless laptop downstairs.
Unfortunately, leaving the PC where it is is not an option.
Thanks for any help
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Have you tried taking the laptop around the property? Radio signals normally penetrate plaster and floor boards quite easily. Site the wireless router in the optimum place in the property and see how you get on.:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0
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What is more important is what materials the walls are constructed of. If there's plasterboard, you're gonna have a hell of a time.
I can log on to my router from my sis in laws which is across the street some 80ft away.0 -
I've seen that Netgear do some sort of device that plugs into an electrical socket. I also noticed the price... round about £90.00. Has anyone used this device?
Save money, don't buy the Netgear box. Solwise do an 85Mbps homeplug device for £25 which you would plug into your wireless router. Then you can either buy a matching device and hardwire your laptop at the other end, for for around £50 you can get a combined homeplug / wireless adaptor.
http://solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-pl-85pe.htm - homplug box
http://solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-pl-85pew.htm - homeplug/wireless box
I use both and the resulting reliability/performance is fantastic.
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Thanks cheesy.mike, the site & product looks great. I think I'll give it a go.
regards.
Si0 -
Move the pc and try it before you start spending money on more equipment. Angling the aerial at 45 degrees can help, as can changing channels if you have neighbours with wirelessEver get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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repositioning the wireless router might help as well...They say it's genetic, they say he can't help it, they say you can catch it - but sometimes you're born with it0
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