Mobile Broadband routers and homplug type products

hjr

Hi there,

Just wondering if I can extend the mobile broadband in my house by way of the homeplug type devices on the market, the ones that use the electic sockets in your house to transmit to other rooms?

Thanks in advance

watty

If you have a router for Mobile that has ethernet yes. But Cat5e cable is better and cheaper. Homeplugs are dishonestly marketed.

You can't use a 3G modem directly with them. But need a Router/Firewall like Dovado, Netgear, Dlink (see stickies).

Also you don't have Mobile Broadband (doesn't exist), you have Mobile Internet, a form of Wireless Dialup.

See http://www.techtir.ie/forum/homeplug-plt-comtrend

Outdoor PLT is all but dead.http://www.techtir.ie/node/1003034

hjr

watty wrote: »

If you have a router for Mobile that has ethernet yes. But Cat5e cable is better and cheaper. Homeplugs are dishonestly marketed.

You can't use a 3G modem directly with them. But need a Router/Firewall like Dovado, Netgear, Dlink (see stickies).

Also you don't have Mobile Broadband (doesn't exist), you have Mobile Internet, a form of Wireless Dialup.

See http://www.techtir.ie/forum/homeplug-plt-comtrend

Outdoor PLT is all but dead.http://www.techtir.ie/node/1003034

Thanks Watty,

I presume tho I would need to drag cat5 cables through the house as my house is built. My thoughts were to purchase three router below:

http://www.three.ie/products_services/broadband/router.htm then connect this to the electrical socket using homeplugs to "pipe" it to other rooms in the house?

Sound like it could work? I get approx 2mb d/l speed at home using three, tho I know its not consistent, but no other options.

Thanks for the advice

watty

Don't buy a Router from Three. Get a proper one.

You can use WiFi. We have two wifi points. One is built in to router and one is other side of house upstairs, connected by CAT5.

CAT5 is cheaper than Homeplug and works. Homeplug is up to 100 slower than CAT5 and is irresponsible about of radio interference. You also only need one or two CFL or PC PSU or Plug top chargers that are slightly noisey to reduce speed of Homeplug to a crawl or stop it working.

Homeplug pollutes the Radio spectrum for all your immediate neighbours.

You can run Cat 5 on edge of skirting board or carpet. We have Cat5e in every room and none of it is visible (apart from from at the 2 x Switches, router & Modem shelf). None is in conduit. Just some imagination and ingenuity.

Internally we have 100Mbps and 1000Mbps on our CAT5e and 11Mbps to 108Mbps on the WiFi. Internet is typically 7.6Mbps down, 0.95Mbps up (not Mobile )

hjr

Thanks Watty,

Anything in particular wrong with the model 3 are selling? Just curious. It may save me investing in a different one if that one works well?

watty

The ones sold by operators are not proper full featured routers. They are mobile Hot Spots.

jor el

watty wrote: »

The ones sold by operators are not proper full featured routers. They are mobile Hot Spots.

It also looks over priced to me.

foggy_lad

There are several cheaper proper routers that will do a much better job and if/when you switch provides you can use the same router without any problems with unlocking or compatibility!

Even the new Vodafone router for home broadband can be used with an unlocked 3g dongle!