Would this work for a wireless network.

[UTTER_FILTH]

Hi all,

I want to set up a wireless network in my house. This will consist of 2 PC's, one on the 2nd floor and one in the basement. The phone line connection is up on the 2nd floor and the broadband is supplied by AOL.

So would buying a Netgear DG834PN 108Mbps Rangemax Wireless ADSL2 Modem/Router/Switch/Firewall (NW-083-NG) and a Netgear WPN111 108Mbps Rangemax Wireless USB 2.0 Network Adapter (NW-084-NG) be ok? Is there a better and/or cheaper alternative that will work just as good?

The PC in the basement will mainly be used for playing online games and downloading stuff a lot of the time, so I need a pretty good connection, and because of the distance, running a cable is out of the question.

Thanks in advance

Ricky

 

[Skilldibop]

does your master socket come in at 2nd floor level? and do you have phones anywhere else? If so, plug it into a filter on the 1st or ground floors as a 3 floor gap is going to push it for a connection at all, let alone a good quality one.

 

[tolien]

Whether it works or not will depend massively on the construction of the floors - ie you're not going to know for sure until you've set it up.

 

[errata]

internal wiring may be a headache, but is there no chance to drop a wire out of the window down an external wall? Or make the phone point/ router location nearer the midpoint of the house?

homeplug using mains wiring may be viable but you would still need an adsl modem/switch