Originally posted by Zorba
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Surely, 9Mpbs wireless > 8Mbps from ISP, so you won't notice any lag?
I'm on cable, got a 100/full network and it's all good now. I'll turn the wireless back on when I've got a laptop!
Wireless drops out occasionally as well - can be really annoying if it's at the wrong time!
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Originally posted by Moscow MuleCan you explain what you mean by lag, and where it is introduced into the wireless system?
Surely, 9Mpbs wireless > 8Mbps from ISP, so you won't notice any lag?
Not having a dig, just don't understand.
Whether that lag is noticeable is questionable though. If someone who knows more about it wants to chime in, I'll happily edit this back to 'no idea'.
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Originally posted by Moscow MuleCan you explain what you mean by lag, and where it is introduced into the wireless system?
Surely, 9Mpbs wireless > 8Mbps from ISP, so you won't notice any lag?
Not having a dig, just don't understand.
yeah .. what he said!
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Originally posted by ZorbaThis also works if you don't:
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects...te2/index.html
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Originally posted by ZorbaWireless has, for want of a better word, lag. Plus, the 54mbps advertised is never anywhere near that. You'll be bloody lucky to get 20mbps out of it with the best 54mbps router going, the matching card that goes with it and a perfect room (no walls, radiators, reflections etc).
Surely, 9Mpbs wireless > 8Mbps from ISP, so you won't notice any lag?
Not having a dig, just don't understand.
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Originally posted by gingerjediI bought a Netgear 108mbps router as I liked the idea of being able to use a laptop in the garden (about 40m away), the reality is I'm lucky if I get a signal at all beyond 10m, any ideas how I can boost the signal? I don’t know whether to get a repeater, a high gain antenna or on the news the other night there was a place in South Africa where they were using tin cans to direct the signal 'cantennas' they called them... anyone tried this method?
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
This also works if you don't:
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects...te2/index.html
Good luck! I used a cardboard/tinfoil one for a while before I got cabled. You could also go for some homeplugs (they have several names but try http://www.homeplugs.co.uk/ ) and use a long extension from the house to the garden.
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Originally posted by The Lone GunmanSorry, I thought we were talking about wall sockets. I have never bothered making leads, I seem to collect them.
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Originally posted by ZorbaWireless has, for want of a better word, lag. Plus, the 54mbps advertised is never anywhere near that. You'll be bloody lucky to get 20mbps out of it with the best 54mbps router going, the matching card that goes with it and a perfect room (no walls, radiators, reflections etc).
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Originally posted by Jog OnIn cabled my flat recently, bought the ends and a crimper from maplins and followed the instructions on this page:
http://www.incentre.net/incentre/frame/ethernet.html
Dead easy
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In cabled my flat recently, bought the ends and a crimper from maplins and followed the instructions on this page:
http://www.incentre.net/incentre/frame/ethernet.html
Dead easy
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Originally posted by Moscow MuleOnly if you have a slow-ass router or a kick-ass connection.
My (cable) connection is currently 8Mbps, my 802.11g router is capable of 54Mbps.
Why is the wireless router slowing the internet?
Admittedly it does slow computer to computer connections through the house, but I'm rarely bothered by that.
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Nothing to really add that hasn't already been said.
(You can now get this kind of stuff from your local DIY store - have seen it in B&Q - Screwfix also sell them).
These links might prove useful though:
http://tinyurl.com/2q7hzm
http://tinyurl.com/k53y9
http://tinyurl.com/36ykak
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It is fairly straight forward to terminate them but I would suggest getting a bag of 50 RJ45 connectors and a piece of cat5 and do few practice runs first as its easy to pull one of the wires short of the terminal when you crimp it, you can get a tester for about £35 but a bit of patience, a friend on one end and a multimeter on the other can do the same job.
I was on a team of 10 who wired and terminated the entire 'doughnut' in Cheltenham and I can recite the colour code system in my sleep... still have sore fingers now!
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