Vodafone fibre wireless extension

radiofoot

Hi All,

I recently had fibre installed by Vodafone. The modem was in a corner room upstairs (where the previous modem was) which is the opposite corner of the house that my TV is in. Anyway, I had issues with wifi connection to the TV and poor speeds on speedtest, so the engineer came back out and installed a new connection in my sitting room. Now the modem is situated behind my TV and, while the TV connection is perfect some of the house has no wifi coverage at all.

I have two questions that I hope someone can answer:

1) Can I use two connections - the original one upstairs and the new one in the sitting room with two modems? My old modem is a 300Mbps Wireless N ADSL2+ TP-Link Modem Router model TD-W8960N. Can I plug that in upstairs and configure to work with Fibre (looks like I can't from what I have managed to find out using Google)

2) alternatively, can I connect this modem using a powerline adapter and position it upstairs? I know this is generally ok, but will a non-fibre modem work with a fibre modem?

Thanks.

odckdo

Sorry - I am not very techie so I can't answer your post.

I am looking at changing my broadband and Vodafone fibre is one option.

I was wondering what kind of speed are you getting over ethernet and wireless? How do you find your broadband in general, peak times, etc?

Cheers.

radiofoot

odckdo wrote: »

Sorry - I am not very techie so I can't answer your post.

I am looking at changing my broadband and Vodafone fibre is one option.

I was wondering what kind of speed are you getting over ethernet and wireless? How do you find your broadband in general, peak times, etc?

Cheers.

Before the 2nd visit I was getting 48mb/sec on a wired connection and about 38 on a wireless connection close to the router. Problem was that this was reducing a lot and varying a lot in other parts of the house. Wireless speed is the same now where it works and I haven't checked the wired connection since the move.

I think the router I was using before the change to fibre is obviously better than the one provided by Vodafone. If I can solve the coverage issue, then the speed will be fine.

Zack Morris

odckdo wrote: »

Sorry - I am not very techie so I can't answer your post.

I am looking at changing my broadband and Vodafone fibre is one option.

I was wondering what kind of speed are you getting over ethernet and wireless? How do you find your broadband in general, peak times, etc?

Cheers.

One thing you need to know is that they have a fair usage policy of 300GB. You'll get charged €1 for every 10GB you exceed the cap.

swoofer

That should work with the powerline adaptors as all you are doing is extending the router signal.

Set up the TD-W8960N as a wireless Access Point.

TheChizler

swoofer wrote: »

That should work with the powerline adaptors as all you are doing is extending the router signal.

Set up the TD-W8960N as a wireless Access Point.

To me it sounded like they wanted to move the modem upstairs and connect it to the phone line through powerline adapters. If this is the case, this won't work.

You could certainly position the second access point you have upstairs and connect to it via powerline adapters OP.

Edit: sorry it looks like this was what you were suggesting in your second point OP.

radiofoot

TheChizler wrote: »

To me it sounded like they wanted to move the modem upstairs and connect it to the phone line through powerline adapters. If this is the case, this won't work.

You could certainly position the second access point you have upstairs and connect to it via powerline adapters OP.

Edit: sorry it looks like this was what you were suggesting in your second point OP.

Sorry, I wasn't that clear with my original post. I have a new line downstairs and the new modem is currently connected to it. However, the point they originally installed is still in the room upstairs so I was wondering if I could use both of them simultaneously by connecting my old modem to it.

hairyface

odckdo wrote: »

Sorry - I am not very techie so I can't answer your post.

I am looking at changing my broadband and Vodafone fibre is one option.

I was wondering what kind of speed are you getting over ethernet and wireless? How do you find your broadband in general, peak times, etc?

Cheers.

forget about vodafone try sky or upc vodafone are screwing there customers with a 300 gb fair use policy for a 18 month contract

degsie

radiofoot wrote: »

Sorry, I wasn't that clear with my original post. I have a new line downstairs and the new modem is currently connected to it. However, the point they originally installed is still in the room upstairs so I was wondering if I could use both of them simultaneously by connecting my old modem to it.

If you are talking about using two 'phone' extentions, then no that won't work.

radiofoot

Just looked at the TP-Link site for my modem and it looks like I can use the modem wirelessly as a repeater so hopefully won't have to buy the powerline adapters:

http://www.tp-link.com/lk/article/?faqid=263

mass_debater

Repeating is always a poor option because it uses the same wireless frequency to receive as it does to rebroadcast you end up halving the speed if your network. Use homeplugs and set the TPLink to access point on a different frequency (a channel well away from the original) so you get full speed

radiofoot

mass_debater wrote: »

Repeating is always a poor option because it uses the same wireless frequency to receive as it does to rebroadcast you end up halving the speed if your network. Use homeplugs and set the TPLink to access point on a different frequency (a channel well away from the original) so you get full speed

Thanks for the advice. I will do that. The plugs below seem like they'd do the job at a reasonable price. Do you think they are good enough?

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=20-27-PA4010&brands=TPLINK

firestarter51

Zack Morris wrote: »

One thing you need to know is that they have a fair usage policy of 300GB. You'll get charged €1 for every 10GB you exceed the cap.

i contacted vodafone about the fair usage cap and was told unless its stupidly high i wont be charged
i explained xbox games are 40 - 50 gb each
ive kept the reply, in 8 months i am yet to go over the 300 gb

mass_debater

radiofoot wrote: »

Thanks for the advice. I will do that. The plugs below seem like they'd do the job at a reasonable price. Do you think they are good enough?

http://www.powercity.ie/?par=20-27-PA4010&brands=TPLINK

Yes they are fine, you can also get sets with built in Wi-Fi line these
TP-LINK TL-WPA4220KIT AV500 Powerline 300M Wi-Fi Extender/Wi-Fi Booster/Hotspot with Two Ethernet Ports, Starter Kit/Twin Pack (Easy Configuration, Wi-Fi Clone for Smartphone/Tablets/Laptop) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DHB2T44/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_cQZ1ub1BPN606

Zack Morris

firestarter51 wrote: »

i contacted vodafone about the fair usage cap and was told unless its stupidly high i wont be charged
i explained xbox games are 40 - 50 gb each
ive kept the reply, in 8 months i am yet to go over the 300 gb

This person was charged for going over by 36GB: http://www.boards.ie/ttfpost/93778740

The reps on here have even advised members that there was no fair usage policy, while others have admitted there is a fair usage policy. Vodafone are a very deceptive and greedy company.

radiofoot

mass_debater wrote: »

Yes they are fine, you can also get sets with built in Wi-Fi line these
TP-LINK TL-WPA4220KIT AV500 Powerline 300M Wi-Fi Extender/Wi-Fi Booster/Hotspot with Two Ethernet Ports, Starter Kit/Twin Pack (Easy Configuration, Wi-Fi Clone for Smartphone/Tablets/Laptop) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DHB2T44/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_cQZ1ub1BPN606

Just to close this one off - I bought the TP-Link homeplugs and setup the second router. This worked perfectly and I know have good wireless speeds across the house. Thanks for the help.