Easiest / fastest NTL round the home

[RamJet]

Sorry if this has been asked before

finally persuaded the Ex to go for NTL broadband (stand alone) ( slow speed)

whatz the best way of pushing the feed round the house - wireless or ethernet ?

do NTL have recomended wireless suppliers ?

Thanks

Ramjet

[SMHarman]

Whats best, wireless if you want no wires, wired if you want a perfectly stable connection and can run the cables.

NTL have wireless marketing relationships, but they do not result in increased tech support, so just get a good router and off you go.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...35&postcount=7

for the wireless actiontec info

Other useful wireless threads.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...reless+network

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...reless+network

[Aragorn]

Assuming you don't want to lay ethernet cables all round the house, then you want a wireless router (Linksys WRT54G is a good buy - especially from the NTHW Amazon shop :-) ) and wireless cards in each system (ideally Linksys, but any should do) .

If you get problems setting this up there plenty here to help!

[nash]

hi,

maybe another option. There are also "ethernet adapters" you can plug into your electrical socket , therefore using your existing power supply as the network around the house. I have a neighbour doing this with his NTL connection, works a treat.

[zoombini]

If your concerned about the cost, an ethernet wired setup would be the lowest cost option. a simple router by the modem, then cables to each room can be <£50 yet wireless will be >£100+

[steve_smith]

Originally Posted by zoombini

If your concerned about the cost, an ethernet wired setup would be the lowest cost option. a simple router by the modem, then cables to each room can be <£50 yet wireless will be >£100+

Another option is to go shopping on eBay. That's what I did. I did some searching on the internet and worked out which wireless routers were suitable, and then found one on eBay for £40. There are plenty of options when it comes to wireless network cards, some of them very cheap.

Prior to that, I was thinking of running CAT5 cable round the house. But I'm glad I didn't. It's nice to be able to take the laptop and work down the end of the garden on a nice day

Steve.

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by zoombini

If your concerned about the cost, an ethernet wired setup would be the lowest cost option. a simple router by the modem, then cables to each room can be <£50 yet wireless will be >£100+

Depends on the length of the cables CAT5 installs get expensive when you need many metres of cable.

[alferret]

There are also "ethernet adapters" you can plug into your electrical socket

Just done a quick google and couldnt find any of these, dont spose you could ask where he got them from could you nash?

[nash]

hi,

sorry,, heres a link http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=571, and apologies to the mods if linking is not allowed

[alferret]

cheers nash

[Musicman]

Originally Posted by nash

hi,

maybe another option. There are also "ethernet adapters" you can plug into your electrical socket , therefore using your existing power supply as the network around the house. I have a neighbour doing this with his NTL connection, works a treat.

Could you tell me who makes this equipment, as I am interested in that option.

Though I was not aware anyone manufactured anything to communicate via the mains wiring.

[SMHarman]

See post 9, this technology has been around decades, I used to have a set that had parallel printer sockets on them.

[altis]

There is a standard for networking over mains wires called HomePlug - details here:
http://www.homeplug.org/

There is another standard for networking over phone wires called HomePNA - details here:
http://www.homepna.org/

For details about wireless networking I suggest you start here:
http://www.wi-fi.org/