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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | F*cking typical |
Just moved into a house and the router is in the very corner of the house right next to the front door. My room is the exact opposite corner and consequently gets f*ck all Internet connection. If I can't sort it out I don't know what I'm going to do.   --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.842569,-1.532535 |
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| Author: | adidan [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical |
Do you have any aluminium foil? clicky |
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical |
I don't do wireless. Wires are the way to go IMO. |
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:32 pm ] | |||||||||
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cool, can you send me a 30m cable and I'll be sorted. --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.842528,-1.532594 |
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| Author: | adidan [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:35 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical | ||||||||||||||||||
It was a serious suggestion about the foil BTW, I guess it should help in theory. |
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:36 pm ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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sorry I read the site and will have a play around tomorrow. Thanks  --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.842563,-1.532557 |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical |
I have a 10meter cat 5 cable which reaches anywhere in the house (not a huge house lol) - but that's a bit antisocial if you're sharing! Another alternative is power line adapters. I hate the things because of the awful radiation they cause, but they do work. Best solution is to relocate the router. In a shared house it should be in a central location. |
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| Author: | adidan [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:42 pm ] | |||||||||
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I think I first read about it on lifehacker, the video just seems to imply you make a square of foil and arch it like a radar dish. Not sure how effective it would be but it could help just enough? |
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| Author: | Fogmeister [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:21 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical | |||||||||
I may do this tomorrow when everyone is out. I don't want to look like I'm obsessed or anything. 
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical |
The thing to remember about the tin foil option is that reflections can interfere either constructively or destructively, depending on whether the reflection arrives in our out of phase. That's determined by the wavelength of the radiation and the distance to the reflector. The wavelength of channel 6 is roughly 120mm so an optimum distance for a planer reflector is a multiple of 60mm. It gets more complicated when you consider curves... A signal going that distance is also prone to interference from people moving about in the house, so a perfectly reliable connection is unlikely even if you spend £100 on a set of high gain antenna. |
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| Author: | forquare1 [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:24 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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£8.59 from ebuyer.com It's a serious suggestion too. I can't stand wireless network interference, it's sort of OK on a leisure laptop/phone/handheld thingy as you can move about, but for a main computer (desk-bound laptop or desktop) I'd really rather not have the hassle of wireless... You could look at getting a Wireless-AP too, thus getting wireless access better from your room. If you can get a couple of the cable tacks (the things that hug the cable to the wall) you can tidy things up a bit, and you'll only need a few (a 20m cable in one of my houses used 4 or 5 just to keep the cable out the way, and the holes left after a year weren't noticeable to all those without a ladder). |
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| Author: | finlay666 [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:39 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical | |||||||||
Rip off  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/30M-CAT5e-RJ4 ... 4157586d8d |
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| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: F*cking typical |
+1 for 30m cable (I think I used a 10 or 20m one). Wireless access point also worthwhile option. |
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| Author: | adidan [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:18 pm ] | |||||||||
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That's flippin cheap. I may just get one and thread it through the ceiling at that price. No real need but it'd be a bit better than the wireless signal. Something to do.
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:42 pm ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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It's booted too, so yeah not bad. Cheaper than our supplier and we add a mark up to that  I actually have a more permanently wired solution going to my home office using second hand cable ripped out of an old office that was converted into flats, but the connectors cost me a small fortune... |
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