Reply to: Running a broadband cable to 2nd bedroom

[eliquant]

Ggggggrrrrrrr Virgin Media said as a valued customer they would charge me £50 /month for 50 Mb/s Broadband ON TOP OF the £48 I pay for their TV XL package with Sky Movies bundled in making a grand total of £98 / month for TV + Broadband.

The rotters and they told me over the phone 5 weeks ago that it would be only another £15/moth on top of the £48 I already pay for TV.

screw dat Mr Ricardo Branson !

[expat]

I've missed something here. What is relevant about 23 days?

1st April.

Blonde Swede from PC appearing on TV?

[pmeswani]

23 days to go.

I've missed something here. What is relevant about 23 days?

[expat]

Threaded makes a good point (happens). You need to be on the same phase in both rooms. In most normal houses you will be.

[BoredBloke]

Scan are doing a pack of 2 200mbps homeplugs for £65 if you don't want to ghet them from ebay

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Newli...lugs-Twin-Pack

[Cyberman]

Over power adapters can go wrong though. The signal can be picked up by other appliances that are plugged into the same mains. For example I was once 'researching' some porno sites and the image of a blonde swede giving some guy a bj, came up on the tv where my mum and dad were watching Coronation street. Then a game of Red alert started coming up on the little window on the washing machine.



I just made all that up because I am bored

[expat]

As I stated above I wonder if you could use these 'ethernet over power adapters' effectively if they were plugged into a socket extension (with other appliances plugged in) as opposed to plugging it directly into the wall socket.

I second TykeMerc, I'm on an extension right now and the router-side adapter is also on an extension. No problems (BT speed of <512k excepted).

[expat]

Over power adapters can go wrong though. The signal can be picked up by other appliances that are plugged into the same mains. For example I was once 'researching' some porno sites and the image of a blonde swede giving some guy a bj, came up on the tv where my mum and dad were watching Coronation street. Then a game of Red alert started coming up on the little window on the washing machine.

23 days to go.

[EternalOptimist]

Over power adapters can go wrong though. The signal can be picked up by other appliances that are plugged into the same mains. For example I was once 'researching' some porno sites and the image of a blonde swede giving some guy a bj, came up on the tv where my mum and dad were watching Coronation street. Then a game of Red alert started coming up on the little window on the washing machine.



I just made all that up because I am bored

[portseven]

If you just want to run broadband over your existing phone cabling then this site might be your answer

http://www.clarity.it/

[threaded]

As I stated above I wonder if you could use these 'ethernet over power adapters' effectively if they were plugged into a socket extension (with other appliances plugged in) as opposed to plugging it directly into the wall socket.

They're better than wireless over longer runs, if you're on the same phase in both rooms.

[TykeMerc]

As I stated above I wonder if you could use these 'ethernet over power adapters' effectively if they were plugged into a socket extension (with other appliances plugged in) as opposed to plugging it directly into the wall socket.

Check my next to last post for that answer, all of the ones I have set up work absolutely fine on gang sockets (4 and 6 way extensions) rather than being plugged into the wall directly.

Incidentally if either of you two do need a pair of Comtrend adapters I have a spare brand new set as I won 1 too many auctions, I've been meaning to put them back on eBay, but the Can't Be Arsed monster has bitten me

[TykeMerc]

That's fair enough but if the plan is just to get internet from downstairs to upstairs then 85mbit is more than enough, considering the most you can get on a phone line right now is 24mbit but if they are cheaper and faster on ebay, then go for it.

I've got the same issue right now with my PS3 downstairs, needs a cat5 cable to play network games online properly (wireless is crap).. so I've got a big long cable going out my window upstairs and into the patio doors downstairs.. time for some powerline networking I think.

Yup one of the pairs that I got for the ex wifes house was to get rid of the 25 meter ethernet cable my oldest son kept trailing down her stairs from the router to his Xbox 360, it works well. The other pair are configured as end points as they have a simple IP interface and can be configured as their own network with security.

The 85Mbit ones are cheap and slow as they're older technology and less secure. I understand that they greatly improved the modulation algorithms to get the extra speed.

[eliquant]

As I stated above I wonder if you could use these 'ethernet over power adapters' effectively if they were plugged into a socket extension (with other appliances plugged in) as opposed to plugging it directly into the wall socket.

[chris79]

Don't buy the 85Mbit versions, they're a false economy. The Comtrend ones I have are rated up to 200Mbit and are newer technology, most routers have 100Mbit ports and if you're transferring data on the internal network there's no point throttling your bandwidth for the sake of a few quid. From eBay I've bought 4 pairs and no pair cost me over £40 including postage.

Officially they aren't supposed to work on gang sockets, but all 8 of the ones I've installed work absolutely fine on them and in houses that haven't been rewired in a long time.

They seem to cope quite happily with domestic stuff being turned on and off and plugged in so there must be enough power smoothing built in to the design that it's not a concern.

That's fair enough but if the plan is just to get internet from downstairs to upstairs then 85mbit is more than enough, considering the most you can get on a phone line right now is 24mbit but if they are cheaper and faster on ebay, then go for it.

I've got the same issue right now with my PS3 downstairs, needs a cat5 cable to play network games online properly (wireless is crap).. so I've got a big long cable going out my window upstairs and into the patio doors downstairs.. time for some powerline networking I think.