I never thought about the powerline option. Running a cable to my room is a bit out the question though unfortunately. Powerline networking is something that would work nicely though, as from looking into wireless solutions a bit more I found that most wireless routers don't support network bridging. the Apple Airport extreme I was recommended seems to do everything I need, it's just quite pricey.
Thanks for pointing that out, you may have saved me a small fortune! Simon 2008/12/17 Tony Pursell <a...@princeswalk.fsnet.co.uk> > 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/ >
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