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Originally Posted by rmwebs
Thanks for all the responses guys - really appreciate it.
@LondonRoad & @ZrByte: Ragarding wired, I'm not too sure it'll be an option. We've got a large extension on the side of our house and the only way into that section would be through the door that leads through to it as its a sold wall. Even the loft area is separate.
On top of that, I wouldnt be too confident drilling holes all over the place. I did think about this once before and was quickly reminded that we have laminate floor glued to our floorboards (dont ask! :p) and wouldnt be able to dig it up to get a cable under to each room.
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With regards to homeplugs, how do they work when it comes to wanting to use more than two? Could you do something like:
Homeplug 1 - plugged into the cable modem
Homeplug 2 - Another location on groundfloor, hooked up to a gigabit hub and split into a couple of rooms using Cat6.
Homeplug 3 - Second floor, again hooked up to a gigabit hub and split to each room.
I've not used homeplugs before and the info about using more than two (if its even possible) hasn't been posted on any reviews I've seen so far.
If I could get a bunch of them to cover the house we'd be pretty much sorted!
Thanks again 
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Just noticed - I didnt answer ZrByte's question RE router types.
Other than the two I mentioned, I've had a number of Belkin's from the original chunky grey one with 4x 10/100 ethernet ports to a more modern (2009?) one - not got the model numbers to hand unfortunately. Also tried a D-Link - I had it picked up from the states as it was one of the first 802.11n routers, and was hellishly expensive over here. Worked well for a few months, then started locking up, rebooting etc. I installed DDWRT on it and it helped greatly, but eventually it gave up and wont even power on anymore. |
That Would almost work but you will need a router in-between the cable modem and the first homeplug, unless you buy a router with an integrated homeplug. That is unless you have another system in place to distribute your internet connection otherwise first device to connect takes over the net for your house and a modem reboot is the only way to free it.
Just don't forget that if the machines on the first floor want to transfer data from machines on the ground floor the maximum throughput is up to the speed of the homeplug and not the gigabit hub, only machines on the same floor will be capable of gigabit speeds.
And Just a word of warning, the fastest speed I have ever managed with homeplugs is 3MB/s (24mb) and that was tested over several different brand new power strips with no surge protection so my houses wiring wasn't to blame. That was on the 85mb and the 200mb units, they both achieved the same speed.