Wireless modem confusion

twcinnh

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I just moved and am increasing from my (wired) desktop and wireless laptop to include a wireless TV; and am unsure how to choose a wireless model (in other words, which one or what do I need). The house is not big (1600 Sq ft) and I would like to put the modem at one end (2 walls to penetrate) to the TV at the other end.

Is that reasonable? What else should I be considering in addition to the range and strength of the signal?

Thanks for any guidance.

Tom C

PS I should add I have Comcast with a 30MBps connection. The walls are sheetrock.


Would another solution be to run an ethernet cable down the wall to the basement, across the basement ceiling to the wall the TV is hung on, then draw it up the wall to an outlet?
 
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I would also check out any nearby networks for channels and strengths by running INSSIDER on your wireless laptop. That way you can use a clean channel to avoid interference.

Depending on your construction materials, you may or may not get adequate speeds to stream higher quality video to the TV.

Yes, absolutely if you can run an Ethernet cable do it. At the far end you can always attach a cheap router configured as a wireless access point -- also the remaining LAN ports would act as a switch so you can connect the TV to that and have a great wireless signal at that end too for other devices and roaming about with phones and laptops..

RealBeast

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I would also check out any nearby networks for channels and strengths by running INSSIDER on your wireless laptop. That way you can use a clean channel to avoid interference.

Depending on your construction materials, you may or may not get adequate speeds to stream higher quality video to the TV.

Yes, absolutely if you can run an Ethernet cable do it. At the far end you can always attach a cheap router configured as a wireless access point -- also the remaining LAN ports would act as a switch so you can connect the TV to that and have a great wireless signal at that end too for other devices and roaming about with phones and laptops..
 
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What you can do is enable the AP functionality on your desktop and examine the wireless signal with your laptop. However, ethernet cables will always give better results, especially if your TV signal is transported via the internet, I would strongly recommend a wired connection.

Depending on the quality of your gridpower infrastructure in house you can also use Homeplug. In Holland for instance, all the electricity wires in one's house are rigid copper 2.5 square mm cables which is a perfect conductor for Homeplug. However, if you have stranded powercables I wouldn't recommend Homeplug.