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Hannibal · 01-08-2019 3:18pm #1

My modem is downstairs beside the TV and plugged in, it is a standard 4 port Siro off Vodafone.

I have poor WiFi upstairs and I am also looking to get wired connections up there. Is there a way or device that I could take a single Cat 6 from my modem and use it like an extension lead abd bring it into a sub-modem in a bedroom or attic which would then give me both wired connections and a WiFi boost?

CalamariFritti · 01-08-2019 3:19pm

Hannibal wrote: »

My modem is downstairs beside the TV and plugged in, it is a standard 4 port Siro off Vodafone.

I have poor WiFi upstairs and I am also looking to get wired connections up there. Is there a way or device that I could take a single Cat 6 from my modem and use it like an extension lead abd bring it into a sub-modem in a bedroom or attic which would then give me both wired connections and a WiFi boost?

Power line ethernet adaptors

Hannibal · 01-08-2019 6:50pm

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Power line ethernet adaptors

The sockets would be on two separate circuits though

Metric Tensor · 02-08-2019 12:36am

If you mean two separate circuits fed off the same fuse board they will probably work. If you mean two different fuse boards you might be in trouble.

For example in my house I can connect them to the garage and that's a totally different circuit.

FanadMan · 02-08-2019 4:19am

Is there any way that you can run an actual CAT 6 cable upstairs and connect it to the other router (sub-modem)? It is going to be way faster than home plugs or using wifi boosters.

Hannibal · 03-08-2019 1:12am

FanadMan wrote: »

Is there any way that you can run an actual CAT 6 cable upstairs and connect it to the other router (sub-modem)? It is going to be way faster than home plugs or using wifi boosters.

Yes my intention is to run an actual cat 6 upstairs and from that I ideally would like to generate both wifi and a wired connection.
I have seen sub modems, poe network switches but I don't know much about which product to get

smuggler.ie · 03-08-2019 8:32am

Hannibal wrote: »

Yes my intention is to run an actual cat 6 upstairs and from that I ideally would like to generate both wifi and a wired connection.
I have seen sub modems, poe network switches but I don't know much about which product to get

Run CAT and you can:
1. introduce 5/8 port switch so would have wired connections + can install dedicated AP
or
2. install second consumer grade router that will give you wired and wireless all in one (set static IP, disable DHCP, configure same SSID/password on this router).

Hannibal · 04-08-2019 10:47am

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Run CAT and you can:
1. introduce 5/8 port switch so would have wired connections + can install dedicated AP
or
2. install second consumer grade router that will give you wired and wireless all in one (set static IP, disable DHCP, configure same SSID/password on this router).

Is a 5/8 port as simple as plugging a Cat 6 supply into it and running ethernet cables from it into devices?

Lewis_Benson · 04-08-2019 10:49am

Hannibal wrote: »

Is a 5/8 port as simple as plugging a Cat 6 supply into it and running ethernet cables from it into devices?

Yes.

smuggler.ie · 04-08-2019 12:46pm

Hannibal wrote: »

Is a 5/8 port as simple as plugging a Cat 6 supply into it and running ethernet cables from it into devices?

As above, yes
This or similar

https://www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Internet-Splitter/dp/B07PWHGQSS/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=BHWXDQODCXDC&keywords=8+port+switch+1gb&qid=1564919072&s=gateway&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&sprefix=8+port+sw%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyMkFTRVhMOE1HSjgwJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTc2ODExMUxCWE45Q09SMVcxVCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMTQ1NTA5QTExVkZWOVQ1SVlYJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

sheepsh4gger · 04-11-2019 8:14pm

What you call a 'sub-modem' is called a 'network switch'. you can buy one in Argos for 21€ if I remember correctly.

You want to avoid using wireless if you have the option not to. It's a bottleneck, it's unreliable.

The lazy way to do this is to get a TP-Link powerline extender. The receiver box is also a Wireless AP.

The correct way is to run Cat. 6 cable to every device possible. If you're going from floor to floor you want to have a switch on each.

Modem -> Floor 1 switch -> Basement switch

You can daisy-chain switches.

Where you want to have strong wireless plug an AP into the switch.

You can buy an AP and switch in one box like Netgear WN604. So you can have one of these white boxes on each floor/area.

Hannibal · 08-11-2019 12:03am

sheepsh4gger wrote: »

What you call a 'sub-modem' is called a 'network switch'. you can buy one in Argos for 21€ if I remember correctly.

You want to avoid using wireless if you have the option not to. It's a bottleneck, it's unreliable.

The lazy way to do this is to get a TP-Link powerline extender. The receiver box is also a Wireless AP.

The correct way is to run Cat. 6 cable to every device possible. If you're going from floor to floor you want to have a switch on each.

Modem -> Floor 1 switch -> Basement switch

You can daisy-chain switches.

Where you want to have strong wireless plug an AP into the switch.

You can buy an AP and switch in one box like Netgear WN604. So you can have one of these white boxes on each floor/area.

I haven't completed the job yet, what I have currently is my Siro modem in place downstairs. I have a Cat 5 cable from there to my attic, in the attic I have four Cat 5 cables going to and terminated into wall plates.

Now I have to find a suitable Network Switch, I was hoping to get one that is powered by the Cat 5 coming from the modem rather than having a run a socket to this point

Str4ngeBr3w · 14-11-2019 11:20pm

Socket extension leads saves the day!

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