Which Modem / Router 1414 Responses

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• Atkinson

  Looking a for a decent wireless modem / router. Studio is in the garden so it need a strong signal. Any recommendations?

  May 8, 10, 1:03 a.m. – Permalink

• utopian

  Linksys E1000
  Wireless-N Router
  $80-

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 1:15 a.m. – Permalink

• Atkinson

  Must be Adsl2+ whatever that means? Also, I don't think N has been foalised yet? Also (!) I'm in the uk.

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 1:58 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  Foalised? What?

  • turned into a foal... :)– Amicus

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 2:29 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  There are some better solutions, most routers, even with extra strong wifi, won't penetrate loads of walls, so your best option is a wifi extender near your house's wall which is close to the garden

  http://www.google.co.uk/products…

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 2:32 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  Wait wait wait, don't get that one, its a wifi replacement, not a repeater... just a mo, i'll find a good one!

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 2:34 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  http://www.ebuyer.com/product/79…

  Not sure if this would add the required range, you might even have to get two of them, one in your garden studio too. Trial and error really, as expensive as it sounds. Also, you'll get a little bit more lag if you go through several repeaters.

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 2:38 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  The best option would be to get a REALLY long Ethernet cable, drill through several walls and get a cheap router in your studio, or simply connect directly with that ethernet cable. Not the easiest though.

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 2:47 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  Basically I'm saying, keep your existing router, and use methods of extending the distance of your current network, it's really the only reliable way to get the job done.

  Don't try extending the range of your current router by using a long rj-45 cable from your phone line to your router, the quality of signal degrades very quickly like this.

  Instead, either a repeater, which will extend the range of your existing wireless network. It picks up the signal within the existing range of your wifi and pushes it even further.

  Alternately and more reliably, as I stated, a long shielded Ethernet cable like this one:
  http://www.micomonline.co.uk/pro…

  Plugged into an additional router on your studio side of things would be best but a pain in the arse if you don't like holes in your walls.

  You could at the very least get some of those plastic caps they use in offices to feed cables through walls and keep it looking tidy still.

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 2:56 a.m. – Permalink

• comicsans

  Presumably you are running electricity to the shed so use a pair of powerline type devices, looks like an ethernet connection at each end.

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 3:12 a.m. – Permalink

• georgesIII

  I have this D-link "DIR-655 Router Wireless N Gigabit"
  it took me a bit to set it up but I had 2 firewalls so it didn't want to work properly, it is solid and allows pretty constant and high wireless download speed,
  if you're on a pc and set it up with cisco's network magic, its the perfect combination,but i'd only recommend it to people who know how to setup a network and are not scared to play with the setup.
  as for the range, I still get the wireless signal from 40 meters away, should be what you need
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-D…
  

  

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 3:15 a.m. – Permalink

• kalkal

  http://www.google.co.uk/products…

  Oh yeah, these things are an option too. I didn't suggest them though because the only experience I've had with them were the ones which BT provide for free and I never managed to get the damn things to sync with each other.

  • Need to be on the same circuit, plugged into wall socket not into a distribution block– comicsans

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 4:37 a.m. – Permalink

• airey

  just buy one from your ISP. they buy bulk and actually support the ones they sell so you don't save anything by buying elsewhere generally.

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 4:42 a.m. – Permalink

• lukus_W

  Do a search on powerline networking - you get two devices which plug in to your home electricity sockets .. the signal travels over your electric cable.

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 10, 7:58 a.m. – Permalink

• Atkinson

  I forgot I'd posted this - thanks for the advice. The wall drilling might be the best option.

  • just watch out for live wires.– akrokdesign1/2

    zaaaaap– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 9, 10, 9:41 a.m. – Permalink