jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Wed Apr 22 07:05:53 CDT 2009
Darryl, > These are good, but be aware that they only work if both the source and target units are on the same internal circuit. I have this very issue, which also prevents an intercom I bought from working. The house was built in two parts, the main house and an add-on years later. The add-on has its own circuits. Beyond all of that, every laptop has a built-in network card these days. Those LAN over AC work (sometimes) but they are not cheap and the cost is on a "per PC" basis to replace something already built in to the laptop. I could see it (if it worked) to get to one hard to reach spot but not as a general solution for the entire house. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Darryl Collins wrote: > John, > > These are good, but be aware that they only work if both the source and target units are on the same internal circuit. In don't know about US domestic properties, but in AussieLand we usually have 2 or even 3 separate power circuits within the property so these things don't always work as you want. > > Just check that out before purchase if you choose to go down that path. > > regards > Darryl. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin > Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2009 8:59 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Second wireless at other end of house > > John: > > I know this is not as sexy as daisy chained routers but I wired up the whole > house with these: > > http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineEthernetAdapter > s/XE102.aspx > > And now I have no more problems with wireless. They're flawless, fast, plug > and go. Just like having a hard wire. > > Want to carry around your laptop and you're out of wireless range? Take one > of these and plug it into the wall wherever you go. > > Rocky > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:27 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Second wireless at other end of house > > > What kind of 'cable' is running to the other end of the house? Another > coax, or a Cat-5? > > A cat 5. It runs a gigabit signal from the gigabit switch down from my > upstairs office through the basement to the other end of the house, and up > behind my TV, and then into the WMC computer. > > I occasionally have guests come and want to connect down at the other end of > the house, even downstairs directly below the living room. I figured if I > could get this thing to just broadcast the messages coming off that cable > (act as an access point) then there would be a second signal, complete with > its own channel and its own AP name. > > I can't seem to do it, but I am not a network guy so I may be missing > something simple. > > > Do I need to feed the cable into the WAN of the second router? > > My network uses the IP range 192.168.122.X, with the DHCP Server in the > first router being 192.168.122.1. and the AP name C2Db2. > > I assume that I need to turn off the second router DHCP Server. It was > serving up 192.168.0.X and its address was 192.168.0.1. I tried assigning > that "widget" (the piece of the second router that has an IP address to AP > name C2Db3 and the address 192.168.122.99 but when I did so it gave me a > warning that I was now on a different subnet and my computer wouldn't be > able to see it. Which was true, suddenly I couldn't "see it" via the web > address 192.168.0.1 OR the address 192.168.122.99. I kind of figured I > would just have to log back on to the latter address and be able to see the > router there. No dice. > > I have tried running the cable from the switch into the WAN and into one of > the 4 LAN ports but in no case can my laptop see the second wireless AP. > > I am baffled. > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > Drew Wutka wrote: >> What kind of 'cable' is running to the other end of the house? >> Another coax, or a Cat-5? >> >> We used to use DLink wireless access points for wireless access here >> at Marlow. It worked fine, as long as they were plugged into our network. >> The only real issue is that in one building we had two, and windows >> wouldn't automatically switch to the stronger signal. >> >> This is because Windows sees two separate APs. And it is deferring to >> your wireless settings, so it connects to the first one, and if you >> move, it doesn't drop to a stronger signal unless you tell it too. >> >> We now have Cisco wireless access points, which work off of a >> centralized controller. All of the access points are seen as the same >> WLAN, so the strongest signal is picked up. >> >> Drew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:46 PM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: [AccessD] Second wireless at other end of house >> >> I have a cable modem, hooked to a wireless router with 4 ports. One >> of those ports goes to an 8 port switch which is the network in my >> office. The wireless is turned on and broadcasting on channel 11. >> >> I have a cable running to the other end of the house which currently >> plugs directly into my Media Center machine which feeds my TV. >> >> I have a second wireless router. I want to place that router at the >> other end of the cable downstairs and use it for two things. >> >> 1) To feed the cable to the Media Center PC. >> 2) To broadcast another wireless signal allowing stronger signal >> wireless at the far end of the house. I would then set the wireless >> in this router to channel 1 so that the signals are far away from each >> other in the spectrum. >> >> I can do #1 by simply plugging in the cable from my office to one of >> the four LAN ports and plugging my Media Center into another LAN port, >> i.e. use the router as a simple switch. >> >> I haven't a clue how to get #2 to work. I have tried everything I can >> think of but it simply doesn't work. >> >> Does anyone have a similar setup functioning? >> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >