Internet - more than one router?

Gallarian · Aug 11, 2013

Hey guys,

Ive recently moved in to my new student house with a few friends, with myself and another owning gaming PC's.

The problem is we have only one router (in my room) for the house and there are no ethernet ports in any of the rooms (only ADSL phone line ports), meaning only I can use a wired connection.

Is it possible to get a second router using the same broadband line and set it up in another room? Or is there a way to use the ADSL phone port to connect to his PC?

Cheers,
Joe

mauller07 · Aug 11, 2013

no you can only have a 1 to 1 connection on an adsl line between your building and the provider, the only other way to do a wired connection if you dont want to run ethernet cables all over the place would be to get powerline adapters such as these http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-PA411KIT-AV500-Powerline-Adapter/dp/B0084Y9N3O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376216299&sr=8-1&keywords=powerline

Gallarian · Aug 11, 2013

Ok - so forgive me if Im confused but would those adapters work by plugging in an ADSL cable to them, and then you can connect an ethernet cable from the adapter to a pc?

Gallarian · Aug 11, 2013

Another thing, is it possible to change from ADSL to fibre optic if we were to get in contact with BT?

mauller07 · Aug 11, 2013

what you do with those adapters is plug the adsl router into one and then plug pcs around the house into others and it will network them using the power cables in the house so you can keep your router in your room.

check if you have VDSL2 bt infinity in the area.

Gallarian · Aug 11, 2013

Ah I see, great. Now would this reduce the connection speed? As in would there be a noticeable decrease is in downloads (mb/s)?

It says on the BT website that my area is eligible for BT Infinity. Would I just had to get a technician in to do all the wiring in the rooms if we wanted ethernet ports?

mauller07 · Aug 11, 2013

bt would not wire in Ethernet, they only deal with internet to the first socket in your house, with bt infinity they will also want you to have the modem router plugged into the first socket in your house so you wont be able to have the router in your room so would need to use something else to wire the house like the powerline adapters, also the adapters are not bad and tend to run faster than your internet connection, jsut make sure you dont plug them into a surge protector or it kills the signal so only plug them directly into a socket.

Gallarian · Aug 11, 2013

Ok, thanks for your help mate!

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