fucking wifi and poweline adapters!

[TUG]

I'm going insane here! We have BT infinity and when we first got it, fucking brilliant, now, all it does is fucking work when it wants to!

I'm no tech genius and last year discovered powerline adapters but one of them randomly fucking died and now my 2nd set replaced under warrenty by Scan which is the fucking V.2 of the fucking things has now decided they can't find each other!

I thought I'd throw my wifi adapter back in but it doesn't get much signal and the entire house can no longer get a fucking connection.

WHAT DO?
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[CaNsA]

Is this the modem/wifi shit thing they gave you?

https://i.imgur.com/59fLMhRl.jpg


I had a house call a couple of weeks back where the client was getting massive wifi problems with it.

I sent them to PC World to get an ASUS RT-N66U N900 Dual Band Wireless Router
https://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/networking/networking/cable-wireless-routers/asus-rt-n66u-n900-dual-band-wireless-router-20876901-pdt.html

Bit pricey, but sorted the problem out. It is a cracking router.

[slowlydoesit]

[stinkwheel]

[TUG]

My router is no where near my PC and as I live at home still (le sigh) I can't run a 50ft cable to my room hence the powerline adapters stinkwheel.

I'm a complete spacker when it comes to networking as I have never had to install one, Yes almighty CaNsA it is the heap of shit home hub (version we still can't fucking get it right.0002) with the white box underneath it which I swear overheats and I could punch right through it, proper cheap shit.

What would I need to do and how?
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[CaNsA]

You only need 1 long cable.

Run it round the edge of the room, up and over all doorways.
That's what I've done, the missus didnt seem to mind.
It can be tucked under skirting boards for extra stealth.

If you are going to do it wait until everyone has fucked off for a couple of hours. Fit the cable, hide it as best you can, then just wait.
I bet you get atleast 2 months out of it before someone notices it, by that time you can be all "stfu yo bitches. 2months so fuck you"

Or, buy that router I linked above and use wireless.
It will replace the black box.
The white box will plug into it.

It has a cracking wifi range and you can do funky geeky nerdy things with it, but you dont need to know about them.

[Rogue_Shadow]

[panrider_uk]

Buy a pair of TP-Link powerline adaptors.
Clicky


I've installed dozens of these.

Cheap and never a single problem
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[Matt B]

[CBFcarl]

Just a question, but have you changed the wireless channel that your router sends its signal out on? Can be very beneficial. There is a free app from Google Play called Wifi Analyzer that recommends the best wireless channel for you.

If it works, not a penny spent.

Good luck, dude.

[TUG]

I wont benefit from wifi as I use PLA, wifi is shit and always will be shit, if it was upto me the router would be in my room and EVEN THEN i'd use a cable cos fuck wifi and its utter shittery.

ps. thanks for all teh infos I'll get a new router over the summer hols and fuck the homehub right off, as they have never just fucking worked... ever.
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[lihp]

[TUG]

[prawny1]

pound land are doing belkin 10m cat5e crossover cables and 7ft (labelled as apple compatible?) cat6 cables at the minute.

You don't have to run the cables through the house, just drill a hole and run them up the exterior wall.

If that isn't an option move the router closer to your room and cable off it then.
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[orac]

best bet would be learn how to make your own network cables. as long as a single run does not exceed 100m and you done have to drill oversize wholes to get the cable through due to the rj45 still being on the end of the wire.

as bt home hub, they are an arse, the one i had would not keep port open, they made it near impossible to forward a port or perminetly assign and IP to certian machine on the netwrok, only go know how it would have gotton on with an unmanaged switch gigbit switch being connected to it
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[TUG]

Ethernet is now giving me massive issues, randomly disconnecting etc but if I turn the powerline adapter on/off or turn the ethernet port on/off on my motherboard I can use the internet again until it spit's the dummy out. Not so sure it its the homehub or my mobo or the power line adapters, it seems to disconnect every hour at 00:03 and 00:15 or 00:24 and is making simple tasks difficult, as stated earlier wifi is out of bounds for me so I'm a bit lost on what to do next really.
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[CaNsA]

[TUG]

[CaNsA]

[TUG]

[el_oso]

in my experience the BT home hub can't handle more than a handful of devices. Everytime we go round a friends (who is an openreach engineer) if more than two of use try to connect everything goes down. Do what CaNsA says and get a better router.

And TUG you are being a cunt. pipe down you silly little boy. we're trying to help.
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[Ste]

[orac]

there is another option that we have all overlooked, move out, get your own place and do whatever the hell you like.

I have ehternet running all over the place, wifi is tricky due to the granite that my house is built with.

either run the ehternet, get a decent router, move out or stop bitching like a little girl
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