11-18-2015, 06:21 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I know a guy setting up his own business to help set up home networking, if that is something you're interested in. PM me and I'll get you some contact info.
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11-18-2015, 07:39 AM
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Looooooooooooooch
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+1 for power line adapters. Simple and easy with almost no drop outs. Just make sure to read reviews and buy a good brand.
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11-18-2015, 07:39 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Yup, Ethernet from the modem to the living room. Alternatively, if running a cable from the basement is easier, you could move the modem to the basement, run Ethernet from it to the living room and second floor office. This will affect your wireless coverage - though it could be better depending on your usage/house layout.
Splitting at the coax won't work as your service provider generally will only connect with one modem.
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11-18-2015, 07:47 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Have you tried a powerline adapter?
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No, but I think I will. Looks a lot easier than trying to run wires.
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11-18-2015, 10:24 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iggy City
+1 for power line adapters. Simple and easy with almost no drop outs. Just make sure to read reviews and buy a good brand.
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Good to hear. My hard wired cable to the living room died. Might look into this as a replacement.
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11-18-2015, 10:57 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Glastonbury
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you just solved my problem, thanks.
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11-18-2015, 01:49 PM
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Yah, powerline adapters are the way to go, I had an old Linksys set that worked great, but I recently needed another connection so I upgraded to these: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX58447. Fantastic units, plug them in, press the button, never touch them again. And one of them is on a power bar, which I've heard can cause issues, but after 3 months I've never had any problems.
Not only is it considerably faster than wireless, but if you live (like I do) where there are lots of wireless networks in range, interference is an issue and you very rarely get full wireless speed anyway.
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11-18-2015, 04:24 PM
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Franchise Player
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Powerline adapters solved my issue when I needed to get internet into my bedroom when my old PC didn't have a wireless card. Life saver.
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11-19-2015, 10:15 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary
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I picked this up a couple months ago: http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX58447
Worth every penny, and stupid easy to set up. Allows you to try different locations for your router until you find the optimal spot to broadcast wireless. I can stream 30+GB BluRay remuxes without a hiccup now.
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11-19-2015, 02:34 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Sadly not in the Dome.
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Amazing, never heard of these before. Will be looking to pick some up.
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11-19-2015, 10:52 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Just a word of caution for anyone trying to put the internet into a single room in the house. Check the floor joists and make sure your main support beam and teleposts are up to code. You might even want to have a structural engineer take a look before you try and put the whole internet into one room of the house.
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11-19-2015, 11:20 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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I have heard some good reviews for the Moca 2.0 coax to ethernet adapters.
They are a bit costly for a pair, but if you are only doing one room it would be okay. I was seriously considering it, but I have a bunch of devices I want hard-wired so it became too costly, especially compared to running ethernet cable.
http://www.actiontec.com/338.html
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11-19-2015, 11:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Using a power line adapter right now. It isn't quite as fast as if you're hooked right into the modem itself, but it's the next best thing. Anywhere you have an outlet, you have a connection.
It's great.
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11-20-2015, 08:40 AM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caged Great
Using a power line adapter right now. It isn't quite as fast as if you're hooked right into the modem itself, but it's the next best thing. Anywhere you have an outlet, you have a connection.
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Speed is the Achilles Heel of Power line adapter. It's not as fast as good wifi connection but for browsing internet and such, they are usually OK.
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11-20-2015, 10:09 AM
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Franchise Player
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Does a powerline adapter connect to WiFi, then you plug your device into the adapter using ethernet?
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11-20-2015, 10:35 AM
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Looooooooooooooch
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Does a powerline adapter connect to WiFi, then you plug your device into the adapter using ethernet?
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No, Adapter 1 is plugged into a socket and connected via Ethernet to your router.
Then Adapter 2 can be plugged into a socket somewhere else and its Ethernet port used for another computer/laptop/etc.
There's also ones where Adapter 2 is used as a WiFi extender; that's what Mick's post is about.
Last edited by Looch City; 11-20-2015 at 10:40 AM.
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11-20-2015, 10:50 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CroFlames
Does a powerline adapter connect to WiFi, then you plug your device into the adapter using ethernet?
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I actually suggested these to my friend long ago.
To explain, it doesn't use Wifi. It's actually just transferring data via your home's electrical lines.
Using two adapters and two Ethernet cables the following occurs:
Input
Modem -> Adapter -> Electrical Socket
Output
Electrical Socket -> Adapter -> Computer
The result is similar to if you had plugged the computer directly into the Modem with a super long ethernet cable in between (without the cable in between). It is also advised you don't plug it into a power bar, but directly into a wall socket.
You can do multiple "outputs" too as the adapters need to sync with one another. I have heard people say you can sync different brand adapters together, but I have not confirmed whether this works myself. I have not been highly impressed by the wifi extender, but it does work. (Thing keeps overheating then crashing and giving me the normal crap connection. Unplugging for 30 seconds usually resolves it though, I haven't seen firmware updates to resolve this, but I only reset once every two weeks or so, so it's not a problem).
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11-20-2015, 11:12 AM
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Franchise Player
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That is mindblowing. I didn't know data could travel through normal electrical sockets/wire. But I suppose data is simply electrical signals at the end of the day.
I just spent two or three evenings climbing around my attic (and if anyone's done that you know it's suffering) a month ago trying to fish ethernet down a wall into my nook/den area that didn't have an ethernet jack for my gaming rig. I'm glad I did it, but yeah.
What are the speeds accociated with these power adapters?
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