The storm the other night seems to have killed a lot of my network equipment. The setup was:
BT openreach modem (for fibre-optic sky broadband) --> sky hub --> powerline adapters --> Asus RT-N56U
...with various bits connected to the routers through cables, and each router running its own WIFI network. There were also additional powerline adapters for PCs. I think most - if not all - of my powerline adapters are now dead, and at least one of the ports on the sky hub. Sky say they won't replace the sky hub unless I sign another contract, and I think it would be a combined modem/hub now.
I have thick stone walls (old cottage), hence the multiple WIFI networks. Is there a router that is likely to be able to cut a lot of the complication and get a single WIFI network everywhere in the house? Or one that works properly with range extender boxes (whatever the clever name for those may be!)? The budget is as little as I can get away with, but if that's £150 or so for a reliable network then so be it. I don't like buying crap
Thanks in advance
BT openreach modem (for fibre-optic sky broadband) --> sky hub --> powerline adapters --> Asus RT-N56U
...with various bits connected to the routers through cables, and each router running its own WIFI network. There were also additional powerline adapters for PCs. I think most - if not all - of my powerline adapters are now dead, and at least one of the ports on the sky hub. Sky say they won't replace the sky hub unless I sign another contract, and I think it would be a combined modem/hub now.
I have thick stone walls (old cottage), hence the multiple WIFI networks. Is there a router that is likely to be able to cut a lot of the complication and get a single WIFI network everywhere in the house? Or one that works properly with range extender boxes (whatever the clever name for those may be!)? The budget is as little as I can get away with, but if that's £150 or so for a reliable network then so be it. I don't like buying crap
Thanks in advance