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Any where i can buy a upc type of modem

  • 16-05-2011 12:24pm
    #1
    Lone Stone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭


    Ok so i just moved home, and the internet modem is at the back of the house in the mother's bedroom with the phone's hooked up into it the bedrooms kinda far away from the front of the house its an extended bedroom, anyway i just cant get a signal in the front bedroom's i rang upc to see i could get a second modem as a upc box is in my room to hook the modem up to but they wont send me out a second one :mad:

    Can i buy a modem anywhere that hooks up to the tv cable box like the upc modems ? because this is pissing me right of.


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  • #2
    Meesared
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Meesared


    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=powerline

    these will do the same job :)


  • #3
    neilboard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭neilboard


    You could get yourself a wireless router.


  • #4
    Lone Stone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Lone Stone


    neilboard wrote: »
    You could get yourself a wireless router.

    Im not to tech savy when it comes to these things, Im not sure how a wireless router would solve would solve the problem like i have a wifi on my laptop but the signal drops all the time in the front of the house, if i get a wireless router would that not loose the signal aswell if i had it in the front of the house ?


  • #5
    Meesared
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Meesared


    best solution is a powerline adaptor, youd spend what you spend on those on a decent wireless router either way


  • #6
    neilboard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 69 ✭✭neilboard


    I picked up a wireless router in pc world for around 50 odd euro and it has a range of 150m. Unless you have a mansion there shold be no problems with it. The ntl wireless router is nothing short of useless imo.


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  • #7
    Lone Stone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Lone Stone


    thanks for the help people :)


  • #8
    Sam the Sham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭Sam the Sham


    Is it your phone signal that doesn't reach the front of the house or is it your wireless signal.

    If it's your phone signal, I'm not sure what you should do.

    If it's your wireless internet, you should just get an Airport Express and set it up to extend your network.

    I can't think of too many circumstances where one would need two cable modems.


  • #9
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    They won't supply a 2nd cable modem because you would need a second account for it. The simple solution is the power line adapters, though those have their drawbacks. A long Ethernet cable, if you can run it along the wall or something, would be the cheapest and most reliable.

    A wireless router configured as a range extender (wireless access point), may also help, but it sounds as though you have something that is limiting or interfering with your Wifi anyway, so this might not help much. A change of router may or may not help either.


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