Networking Cables..

ChrisyB · 16 May 2008 at 14:07

Hey guys,

Wireless in my house is very bad, will keep dropping out every few hours. BT did a bodge job on our telephone wiring so i cannot move my router to my room where the PC is.. so the only other option is to have a network cable running across the floor.

Now basically the other people in my house dont like the idea of a cable all over the floor, fair enough.

Does anyone have any cabling hints and tips so i can use this cable so it is out of the way, or know of anything else.

Thanks

Mel_P · 16 May 2008 at 15:01

Use internet over the mains:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=46&catid=800

very easy to set up - plug them in!

Ethics · 16 May 2008 at 15:43

Or run the cables up door frames and in top corners?

If they don't want cables on the floor, put em somewhere else

Network over mains does seem cool though

ChrisyB · 16 May 2008 at 16:10

Just picked up a Powerline Ethernet thing as suggested from work.

How secure are they and i guess they work well with streaming/gaming at the same time and such, as my wireless kept dropping out if i did that, and do they work in power extension cables?

Thanks again.

Mel_P · 17 May 2008 at 00:02

Mine (Devolo 200MBPS) are password protected and fast enough for DVD playing to my media player - more secure than wifi

Mel

ChrisyB · 17 May 2008 at 11:11

Cool, well tried and they work a treat.

thanks

lsg1r · 17 May 2008 at 15:32

suggestions for wired approach if the eop doesn't work.

- take up floorboards and run underneath, cut out a socket in the wall (this was/is my approach)
- run behind the skirting board (drill a whole through to next room if it needs to go through a wall) and either use a socket like above or just cut a little tiny hole at the base of the skirting board (I did this approach with speaker cables)