Help with phone line and router

[Princess Alison]

I realise this is not Florida related in anyway but im perplexed by what to do with my phone line wire.

The master by phone socket is downstairs and needs to be there to connect to sky. But it’s also connect to our router and the computer is upstairs and across a corridor. The wire is therefore trailing. It already goes up the stairs and under the carpet and into the room, but then trails across.

Is it just a case of getting a much much longer wire? Or could the router be downstairs or does it have to be connected to both the phone line and the computer?!

Too much for my brain on a Friday morning

[wanye]

ok, generally speaking, you could have the router downstairs next to the phone socket, and then fit a wireless card into your computer so you dont have to have a cable running all the way up to it...

[novocastrian]

the computer hasnt got wifi ?

router is best plugged into master BT socket

[Princess Alison]

Originally Posted by wanye

ok, generally speaking, you could have the router downstairs next to the phone socket, and then fit a wireless card into your computer so you dont have to have a cable running all the way up to it...

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This sounds like a very neat solution. Is a wireless card something I buy?

[Princess Alison]

Originally Posted by novocastrian

the computer hasnt got wifi ?

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Well I think so - I’m not entirely sure now why we are doing what we are doing?! Maybe it was because the signal is stronger with it plugged in?!

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by Princess Alison

This sounds like a very neat solution. Is a wireless card something I buy?

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you can get tiny usb wifi ones

amazon/Adapter-600...34198544&psc=1

[Princess Alison]

Does the router definitely not have to be plugged into any computer then for the WiFi network to work?!

[novocastrian]

Originally Posted by Princess Alison

Does the router definitely not have to be plugged into any computer then for the WiFi network to work?!

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nope

our router is in sitting room all devices on wifi

[Tsoski]

Yes, your router has to be connected to a phone line and that's all to give it internet access.

You can then connect to the WiFi signal from the router from any WiFi enabled computer/phone/tablet without it needing to be connected to a computer by a cable first

[wanye]

if you have a hardcore gamer or something, that could be why youre using a cabled connection. it is faster and less likelihood of interference from other networks/your microwave/etc

if it is just for general browsing/office use/etc then a usb wireless adapter is probably the way forward if your computer doesnt have a card already (some have it built in)