On 17 Dec 2008 at 21:08, Simon Wears wrote: > Hey all! > > I've been thinking about what I'm going to do network-wise when I get home > from university, since I was the only one still using a wired connection in > the house, when I left they got a BT homehub so the house is now fully > wireless. This is a problem for me - I used to have a phone line in my room > for the internet (it was deemed necessary when we were on dial-up, I was > never off the net), but the hub is now on our 'home' line, with the only > socket being downstairs. So, it can't be moved upstairs for me - and running > a cable upstairs isn't an option either. > > I have too many networked devices to upgrade them all to wireless (plus I > prefer wired stuff), so I'm looking for a router that has both wireless N > and gigabit ethernet ports. The catch is, it needs to be able to connect to > the homehub, so the router acts as a wired router in my room, but also has a > wireless link to the homehub, and the interweb. > > Anyone know of anything which may be able to help? A friend suggested > Apple's Airport extreme base station ( > http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB053?mco=Mjg4NjM1Mw) but I though I'd ask > if anyone knew of anything that may be able to fix my problem better. > > This isn't too much of an issue at the moment, since I'm living in > university accommodation, and MMU network administers seem to frown upon > having multiple PC's connected. I'm just thinking ahead a few months. > > Cheers, Simon. >
Possible solution is to use Powerline (or similar) adapters to carry the network across the mains from a point near the Home Hub (all versions have at least 2 ethernet ports) to a point in your bedroom, then have a cheap router to connect all your kit in the bedroom. Or, if it's possible, just run ethernet cable from the Home Hub to your room. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
