Recent content by heatopher

And sorry - one more question and then I'll shut up - what's the difference between Passive PoE and PoE 802.3af, apart from £5 in the case of this and this?

OK, let me understand this thing....... Let's say that I decided to get two or three of these TP Link APs..... "Wireless speed up to 300 Mbps" (enough for domestic settings, right?) - that means that a PoE port at 100Mbps doesn't come up to scratch, I assume? So then this switch (2.5 times the...

Oh, I had asked one more thing, by the way, about whether it's safe to connect a device (for example a network printer, or indeed just a laptop or PC) to a PoE port, if there's one or two left over. I edited that into that earlier post, but the replies came faster than I was expecting!!!

Well, I'm really not in a rush, so I do prefer just to get it right if it's only a matter of paying a little bit more (as long as it's not, say THREE TIMES as much!). Which PoE devices consume more power? I suppose that I'd only be using it for access points. Not paranoid enough to feel the need...

Stage 1 completed - I've run a wire up to the attic, using the PVC tube that I mentioned in my previous post, neatly sealed with putty and not too obtrusive at all. And guess what - there's a BIIIIIIIIG difference in connectivity up here!!!!! I'll use D-line trunking, suitably spray-painted...

Hi, and thanks again for writing back :~) I've ordered a few cat 6 cables, so I'll have a first go at this soon. I discovered subsequently that you can buy the "raw" cable, as it were, and cut it to the exact length that you want. I might experiment with that at a later date, assuming that it's...

Hi Guys, Thanks for all your comments. Much appreciated. To cut the long story short, I'm going to accept the inevitable truth of what you've told me, and put aside the blind faith which I've held to until now, that wifi should just work. I will try drilling two or three holes in the necessary...

And is it all completely wireless in both houses, or do you run cables between the floors, as one of the other guys suggested? Hopefully the neighbour will help me save money on that!!! Thanks so much for your reply!

OK, so that's this one, is it? I understand the "get what you pay for" stuff, but wow, that's expensive!!! And do you have one of those on each floor? Thanks for the advice. Plenty to think about!

This one here? That's an awfully expensive thing to have mothballed!!! So that's these guys here? That doesn't seem cheap for only 3 access points. Or am I fantasising about how much I should expect to pay for this stuff? Do you use those Eero 6 thingies with the Netgear router? I didn't quite...

Hey Guys, Sorry, I didn't check back for a while! Thanks for all the suggestions. For sure I can see that the only way to make things really reliable is to run a load of cables around the place, but aaaaaaaaaaaah...... big house, big job :eek: I've actually just been walking around the house...

Hey, thanks so much for replying so fast.... Ironically, that PC doesn't actually get used very often, but for sure I can try that. I suspect that there are WiFi and ISP problems, but the wifi stuff is what I'm here for of course :) Well, I'm not sure about the answer to that last question. I...

Hi All, Just arrived here, first hop searching for a networking forum. Hope someone can give me some solid advice to the WiFi problems that have been bugging me for...... a LONG TIME already :rolleyes::) OK, so here's my setup. The broadband comes in via a cable into a small "office" (formerly...