Wireless hub in the loft - need connection downstairs too!

[Legend83]

Hi all,

Just moved into my new house - exciting - and I am putting my PC in the loft room. There is a BT point in the room which I plan to plug my 'Orange' wireless router into, then plug a network cable into the PC (had terrible problems running it wirelessly).

The reason for the problem in brackets above is the router appears to give off a st signal. Now, I need my PS3 to pick up the signal but I am worried it will be weak coming from the loft all the way down to the ground floor....

...is it easy therefore to run another network cable off the router, through some walls I guess, down into the lounge?

[Glocko]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COMTREND-POWERLINE-ADAPTORS-...
HTH

[bishbash]

Get yourself some homeplug units, they enable networking over mains power cabling. Got mine from Amazon for about £50 a pair. They work really well, I use mine with an xbox360, online gaming works really well.

[Legend83]

Glocko said:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COMTREND-POWERLINE-ADAPTORS-...
HTH

Aha, so you plug it in at the mains by the PS3, connect an ethernet cable, and then it sucks up the wireless signal into the PS3?

[Ydnaroo]

Legend83 said:

Aha, so you plug it in at the mains by the PS3, connect an ethernet cable, and then it sucks up the wireless signal into the PS3?

Hi. No you need 2 Homeplugs. Plug one in by the router and connect it to the router with an ethernet cable (I assume your Orange router has wired connections). Plug the other in by the client (PS3)and again connect with an ethernet cable.

Superb things Homeplugs - far less hastle than Wi-fi.

HTH - Andy

Edited by Ydnaroo on Friday 13th March 09:27

[MacGee]

Ydnaroo said:

Legend83 said:

Aha, so you plug it in at the mains by the PS3, connect an ethernet cable, and then it sucks up the wireless signal into the PS3?

Hi. No you need 2 Homeplugs. Plug one in by the router and connect it to the router with an ethernet cable (I assume your Orange router has wired connections). Plug the other in by the client (PS3)and again connect with an ethernet cable.

Superb things Homeplugs - far less hastle than Wireless.

HTH - Andy

I had some of the originals couple of years ago..not much good..but then wireless in my house is terrible.

[A2Z]

Legend83 said:

Hi all,

Just moved into my new house - exciting - and I am putting my PC in the loft room. There is a BT point in the room which I plan to plug my 'Orange' wireless router into, then plug a network cable into the PC (had terrible problems running it wirelessly).

The reason for the problem in brackets above is the router appears to give off a st signal. Now, I need my PS3 to pick up the signal but I am worried it will be weak coming from the loft all the way down to the ground floor....

...is it easy therefore to run another network cable off the router, through some walls I guess, down into the lounge?

I have a similar "3 floor" house. I put the router on the 1st floor in the spare bedroom. Plenty of signal for my office in the attic and the Wii in the living room. Is that an option for you?

[Legend83]

Ydnaroo said:

Legend83 said:

Aha, so you plug it in at the mains by the PS3, connect an ethernet cable, and then it sucks up the wireless signal into the PS3?

Hi. No you need 2 Homeplugs. Plug one in by the router and connect it to the router with an ethernet cable (I assume your Orange router has wired connections). Plug the other in by the client (PS3)and again connect with an ethernet cable.

Superb things Homeplugs - far less hastle than Wi-fi.

HTH - Andy

Edited by Ydnaroo on Friday 13th March 09:27

Thanks mate! Sounds good.

[Legend83]

A2Z said:

Legend83 said:

Hi all,

Just moved into my new house - exciting - and I am putting my PC in the loft room. There is a BT point in the room which I plan to plug my 'Orange' wireless router into, then plug a network cable into the PC (had terrible problems running it wirelessly).

The reason for the problem in brackets above is the router appears to give off a st signal. Now, I need my PS3 to pick up the signal but I am worried it will be weak coming from the loft all the way down to the ground floor....

...is it easy therefore to run another network cable off the router, through some walls I guess, down into the lounge?

I have a similar "3 floor" house. I put the router on the 1st floor in the spare bedroom. Plenty of signal for my office in the attic and the Wii in the living room. Is that an option for you?

Potentially yes. Ultimately I am not sure if the box gives off a bad signal or whether my Belkin USB wireless receiver on the PC is a load of old crap!

[anonymous-user]

Get some external grade cat5e, drop me an email if you want to know where to get it.

[Legend83]

Dave_ST220 said:

external grade cat5e

[Simond001]

Legend83 said:

Dave_ST220 said:

external grade cat5e

I'm not sure recabling the house is an ideal solution.

I have boxes of cable in the garage, every time I think i'll put in a wired network wifi reminds me how much easier it is not to!

[anonymous-user]

Legend83 said:

Dave_ST220 said:

external grade cat5e

"...is it easy therefore to run another network cable off the router, through some walls I guess, down into the lounge?"

No, it's easy to use external grade network cable clipped to the house stright to the room where you want a network connection. No wireless, no homeplugs just a cable that works 100%.

[Arese]

Dave_ST220 said:

Legend83 said:

Dave_ST220 said:

external grade cat5e

"...is it easy therefore to run another network cable off the router, through some walls I guess, down into the lounge?"

No, it's easy to use external grade network cable clipped to the house stright to the room where you want a network connection. No wireless, no homeplugs just a cable that works 100%.

Agreed. And you'll never have any bandwidth issues as you may with wireless, just good old reliable CAT5. This is assuming your router has a switch built into it, most do these days.

Edited by Arese on Friday 13th March 10:07

[anonymous-user]

Even if it hasn't you can link to a 4 port switch for not much ££ at all.

[BigBen]

MacGee said:

Ydnaroo said:

Legend83 said:

Aha, so you plug it in at the mains by the PS3, connect an ethernet cable, and then it sucks up the wireless signal into the PS3?

Hi. No you need 2 Homeplugs. Plug one in by the router and connect it to the router with an ethernet cable (I assume your Orange router has wired connections). Plug the other in by the client (PS3)and again connect with an ethernet cable.

Superb things Homeplugs - far less hastle than Wireless.

HTH - Andy

I had some of the originals couple of years ago..not much good..but then wireless in my house is terrible.

I use some for exactly the OPs use case, i.e. PS3 located a long way from the router, this might be ok but the wireless receiver in the PS3 is pants. Works perfectly with superior bandwidth to wireless.

Ben