Using a second sky router

[ecliaber]

Hi everyone,

Problem background

As I'm getting sky HD I need to create an access point in the living room with the tv, however my router is upstairs in the office where my PC is hardwired and it provides wireless to the umpteen laptops, phones etc.
I am not willing to run a CAT5 wire around my house to the tv (just too much wiring outside of the walls)

Possible solution
I was wondering if using my girlfriends old sky router (one of the sagecom ones) as a second point would work due to the firmware lock down of passwords etc? (my current one is the Sagemcom f@st 2304, bottom is shiny black, top is a matt grey)

Then connect one to the phone line by the tv and keep the one in the office hooked up to the pc's

If this isn't possible then I'll just buy some homeplugs from ebuyer or similar.

Thanks in advance

[Isitme]

Then connect one to the phone line by the tv and keep the one in the office hooked up to the pc's

Not possible I'm afraid. You cannot plug 2 routers into the one ADSL phone line. Well you can, but neither will work properly

Homeplugs are your best bet

[Scubbie]

Sadly you can only have one router connected at a time to a telephone line.

Even if the 2nd router is switched off, but still connected, it can affect the connection speed.

HomePlugs would be the better solution. Since you have the two routers, you may wish to consider using the 2nd as an additional WiFi access point by piggybacking it onto the first router. Take a look at the guide in this thread if you would like some help to set this up.

http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/askin...-together.html

[ecliaber]

thank you for the information, shall now go order some homeplugs tomorrow from amazon or ebuyer

[Scubbie]

Someone posted a link to a pair which supported 100mb which cost around £36 the other day on this forum.

Remember that HomePlugs do not work well on extensions which have Surge Protection technology.

[ecliaber]

Found TP-Link TL-PA211KIT 200Mbps Mini Powerline Ethernet Adapter - Twin Pack
@ £36
[ame=http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-PA211KIT-200Mbps-Powerline-Ethernet/dp/B004INVKP4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324932695&sr=8-1]TP-Link TL-PA211KIT 200Mbps Mini Powerline Ethernet Adapter - Twin Pack: Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories[/ame]

any reason not to pick them?

[Scubbie]

They look the part.

The only thing I would personally look for now is a pass-through socket. However if you have enough sockets, then this isn't a major problem.

[dms05]

I've bought a few from these people - they specialise in this type of technology. 85mbps Homeplugs for powerline networking . Note the Homeplug with built in WiFi, a great way to extend WiFi in a large building.