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HI
We have 2 pc's up stairs and a laptop downstairs. The 2 PC's upstairs are wired to a Netgear DG834G router and the lappy is wireless. The Router is on an telephone extension cable from the master socket to upstairs.
We are having some connection problems atm and keep loosing connection and got told the router should be plugged in to the master socket downstairs.
Is there anyway we can set this up so that the router is downstairs and the 2PC's upstairs are still wired to it?
I read you use RJ45 cables, does this mean I would need 2 of these cable to go up stairs, 1 for each pc?
Or is there an extension cable that works from the master socket to the router?
You are right in that it is better to connect the router to the master socket on your phone line.
Aso make sure you have put adsl filters on any phones you have connected around the house.
Once you have connected your router to the master socket, you can run ethernet cable from the router to each computer.
you would nee two cables to be able to use the net at the same time on both machines.
A splitter on one cable would not work if using two machines at the same time thus why two cables are needed.
A couple of alternatives to the long cables-
As you have a wireless router (and laptop), why not get a couple more wireless cards? (PCI cards would be better is you are happy opening up the PC's, other wise USB Wireless dongles)
Or, at a higher cost, you could use homeplug adapters - these plug into a mains socket near the PC's & router and then you just need a short cable from the homeplug to PC/router.
Not sure about the adsl cabling, but ethernet cabled connections are more stable than wireless. They are generally faster, but unless you are transfering files between you own PC's you won't see much difference as the internet connection is usually the limiting factor, eg regardless of having 54Mbps or 100Mbps to the router you will never download faster than your ADSL 8Mbps (?) connection.
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