Networking new house

theleg · 17 Oct 2009 at 14:04

Ok so the parents are moving into a new house..its an old house with a basement and they want net access all over. Now does anyone have any experience with wireless getting down into basements? It has thick stone walls but presumably the floor above isnt made of stone

so there shouldnt be too much of a problem with the signal getting through right?

If i get one access point, do you think it will be enough to cover the house? Or is it worth getting another access point? Is an extra access point preferable to one of the extender thingies?

VeNT · 17 Oct 2009 at 14:12

how many floors?
tbh in my exp with old houses (in cornwall, with 2-3 ft thick walls) the only way to tell is to try. if all else fails get another AP and wire it over though the wall.

theleg · 17 Oct 2009 at 14:24

VeNT said:
how many floors?
tbh in my exp with old houses (in cornwall, with 2-3 ft thick walls) the only way to tell is to try. if all else fails get another AP and wire it over though the wall.

3 floors + basement.

actually this is in cornwall, falmouth to be exact.

where are you in cornwall? mind if i ask about your net setup mate? doesnt seem to be too much available.

Duke · 17 Oct 2009 at 14:42

I'd go for powerlines/home plugs.

theleg · 17 Oct 2009 at 14:46

Duke said:
I'd go for powerlines/home plugs.

I use those at the moment and they are nice enough but dont really give the same level of freedom of movement. Theyre definitely the main option if im having signal problems though.

Azuse05 · 17 Oct 2009 at 15:06

Presuming that thick doesn't mean solid you could always just sling a cable down the wall and put an AP in the basement. Cheaper than homeplug with better speed, but you'd actually need to do some work

tolien · 17 Oct 2009 at 15:12

You could use the combination of the two: homeplugs with wireless APs at one end and connected to your switch at the other.
Cleaner than running your own cable but not as cheap.

theleg · 17 Oct 2009 at 19:34

Azuse05 said:
Presuming that thick doesn't mean solid you could always just sling a cable down the wall and put an AP in the basement. Cheaper than homeplug with better speed, but you'd actually need to do some work

Im not sure where the line will come into the house yet

ive not actually been there. but its an idea :cool:

theleg · 17 Oct 2009 at 19:34

tolien said:
You could use the combination of the two: homeplugs with wireless APs at one end and connected to your switch at the other.
Cleaner than running your own cable but not as cheap.

thats a good idea..will an AP run ok through a homeplug?

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Oct 2009 at 19:47

Balddog said:
thats a good idea..will an AP run ok through a homeplug?

Certainly. It's just like plugging into a live switch aslong as theres network functionality there you will be fine.