Slingbox and Wireless Network - Help!

jas07 · 4 Oct 2008 at 16:24

Right Situation is as follows:

TV, Skybox and Slingbox is in the lounge.

Router is at the Main phone socket which is quite a distance away. The slingbox doesnt have wireless so you can only use cat5. However i dont really want to run cat5 all over the place to get to the router.

So basically my question is, how can i get Net access to the Slingbox wirelessly? Would a Wireless Access point do the trick? Slingbox > Wireless AP > Connects to Current Router wirelessly > Net. ?

EDIT: Ive also got some Dlink G624T / G604T Wireless routers lying around if they an be used somehow to bridge the gap?

Any Help Appriciated!

Cheers
Jas

Andre · 4 Oct 2008 at 16:41

Look at Powerline products - exactly what you are looking for. They use the mains wiring to connect disparate ethernet connections

jas07 · 4 Oct 2008 at 16:45

So would 2 of these little jobbys do the trick? Clicky

Andre · 4 Oct 2008 at 20:02

Yes, but I would consider faster ones (the 200Mbs ones) if you want to stream HD content, as the 14Mbs struggle. Maybe the 85Mbs will work for you (I personally use a pair of Devolo AV200s)