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11 Oct 19, 09:41 AM |
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Join Date: Jan 09
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Help with phone line and router
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 |
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11 Oct 19, 09:43 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: May 10
Location: notts
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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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11 Oct 19, 09:44 AM |
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Join Date: Jan 09
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This sounds like a very neat solution. Is a wireless card something I buy?
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11 Oct 19, 09:46 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Aug 14
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11 Oct 19, 09:44 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Aug 14
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the computer hasnt got wifi ?
router is best plugged into master BT socket |
11 Oct 19, 09:45 AM |
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Thread Starter
Imagineer
Join Date: Jan 09
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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?!
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11 Oct 19, 09:47 AM |
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Thread Starter
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Join Date: Jan 09
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Does the router definitely not have to be plugged into any computer then for the WiFi network to work?!
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11 Oct 19, 09:51 AM |
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Join Date: Aug 14
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11 Oct 19, 09:51 AM |
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slightly serious Dibber
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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 |
11 Oct 19, 09:54 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: May 10
Location: notts
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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) |
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