Best setup for o2 Broadband (Briding a connection)

Ekim

Ekim

Ekim

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Hey all,

I have an activation data for o2 at the end of the week and I am currently trying to decide on the best setup for the network in the house.

When we had Virgin the internet came in through the box on the wall behind the TV, this was perfect as I could hook the router straight up to the XBox and HTPC I have sitting under the TV.

The phone socket for which we will be using for ADSL is in another room.

I am trying to work out my best route to get everything working.

I don't really want to run an ethernet cable along the floor as it will look messy, and I can't make holes in the wall as its a rented property.

I've been looking in to setting up a Wireless bridge behind the TV which can supply the internet to the two devices that require the net.

I have been reading that I should get rid of the O2 router and use the WRT54GL with Tomato installed as a bridge (which I guess I'll whack behind the TV). These seem pretty hard to get hold of these days though, at least cheaply.

What do you chaps think? Is there any better combo for me to be using?
 
I've got a similar problem - telephone point downstairs, computer(s) in upstairs room. I'm planning on using a pair of power LAN units, the only thing I'm not sure about is latency, so I'll need to do some reading around. It might be an option for you though.
 
let me know what you discover.

that might be the solution I go for if I can find a set cheap enough, and also assuming its not going to ruin my Xbox 360 game playing online.
 
The ones I've used for a client in the past were "Devolo", which OCuk don't sell, but I've seen them at your local friendly retail outlet for about 60quid a pair, which isn't bad.

I originally bought the Netgear units for that client, but I couldn't get them to talk to each other for love nor money. As soon as I swapped them for the Devolo ones, they connected instantly with no issue.

As for the latency, everything I can find suggests it's "low latency", but doesn't seem to go into specifics.

I'll keep reading around and let you know if anything useful appears.
 
I have an Xbox and HTPC which need to be connected using ethernet cables and there are 3 Laptops which will all be connecting wirelessly.
 
I'm not at home so don't know if I have any spare plugs, if I don't what is my best bet? Are there any cheap APs that people can suggest?
 
Nope I mean a wireless access point, or bridge or extender or something along those lines, not quite sure of the correct terminology.

Basically the router will sit next to the phone socket which is in the room next to the living room. I am looking for a way of getting network connection behind the TV cheaply without having to run a load of cables round the house.
 
You need something that will play bridged wireless client (i.e. connects to the router attached to your ADSL). The WRT54GL will do it, but there should be other devices that will do the same job.
As rz30 suggested you'll need something with more than 1 ethernet port to connect the two devices or you'd need a switch as well.
 
Ekim said:
I'm not at home so don't know if I have any spare plugs, if I don't what is my best bet? Are there any cheap APs that people can suggest?
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Uhhmm obvious solution (potential lack of spare wall sockets) = buy a multiway strip without surge protection and plug the powerline ethernet device into that!! :D

Personally I'll stick with ugly old cat 5e ethernet cable. You can't beat a good ol' gigabit network... :cool:

Bob
 
Do you still have the Virgin router, is it wireless and how proprietary is it?

If you can properly change the settings (I can with my talktalk router, so here's hoping) you could just connect it to the same wireless network as the hub in the other room.

HTPC and xbox into the virgin box where it is now, wireless to the new hub in the other room. Job done :-)
 
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