Re: [Hampshire] Wireless range

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Author: Richard Danter
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Wireless range
2008/11/11 Lisi <hantslug@???>:
> On Tuesday 11 November 2008 12:57:18 Richard Danter wrote:
>> Can't only be me with solid walls, any other suggestions. Don't really
>> fancy running a wire to the dining room since it is opposite side of
>> the house so would mean going up between the ceiling and upstairs
>> floor, and kind of makes the whole idea of wireless pointless.
>>
>> The other thing I thought about was placing the router more central in
>> the house, but I use all 4 of the wired ports on the back too and it
>> would mean a very long wire from the cable modem (and 4 more back to
>> my other boxes). Also the wired connections are Gigabit and long wires
>> are not ideal.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> HomePlug via your electricity cables? We always use this around the house,
> although I have a wireless router. The wireless is used for guests or for
> setting wireless up to use elsewhere.


HomePlug sounds like an interesting idea.

Thanks Lisi, and also to those others who also suggested this.

Rich