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Permanently baffled by the 21st century

Rorschach said:
Yep power cables do work, using products like the TP-Link (which I have) as long as the sockets are on the same circuit. But speed varies wildly and it has not been working too well for me. There is however an unused phone line running exactly from the main router to where I want it, so I was hoping to piggyback on this line instead (I wonder if some sort of phone to ethernet adapter could do it?). If I get a connection I'll retask a spare router I have to broadcast a new WIFI at point B.
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it depends on the type of wiring, if it's cat3 twisted pair it could theoretically run 10mb

if its a single pair it won't work as you need two pairs for ethernet

you'd almost certainly have more luck with a wifi system like Eero but thats obviously a spend
 
Why not just get a mesh wi fi instead? They're not that pricey now unless you go for top of the range Wi Fi 6 stuff like the Orbi. The google one gets good reviews and isn't expensive - there will likely be lots of black friday deals on these things.
 
nayenezgani said:
Hmmm if the phone line isn't active, you won't be able to use it. You'll likely need a techy to connect it wherever the interwebz is coming onto the property first.

Edit: Also depends on the type of phone line, different providers use different infrastructure.
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I have a fibre coming into the house, no active phone line anymore. This is an internal line but I've been fudging around with for a while now to no avail. I found a few phone/ethernet adapters (as I am a hoarder) but I think it is as @scaramanga says, not enough cable pairs. fudge it. I'll try something else.
 
P.D. said:
Why not just get a mesh wi fi instead? They're not that pricey now unless you go for top of the range Wi Fi 6 stuff like the Orbi. The google one gets good reviews and isn't expensive - there will likely be lots of black friday deals on these things.
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I'll look into it. Thanks.
 
P.D. said:
just get a mesh wi fi instead?
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Why is nothing easy nowadays? This thread title is very apt. I googled Mesh Wifi and the first hit has reviews such as

"If, I'd read through all the reviews, I could have saved myself several hours of grief. Currently, eero won't work fully as a router with most UK broadband suppliers using VSDL, like BT. I currently have a BT smart hub, which is a combined modem/router. I read that the eero ideally needs to connect to the WAN via just a modem to avoid double NAT issues and the bt smart/home hubs can't be run in modem only/bridge mode, so I also purchased a TP Link W9970 which can be. However, it turns out this doesn't help as although the TP Link connects okay in bridge mode, it won't establish an internet connection, because it expects the router i.e. the eero to provide the PPPoE authentication, and the eero unlike most routers can't (yet) do this. Consequently, it's necessary to switch the router function back on in the TP Link (so could have just kept the BT Hub), disable WiFi in the modem/router and use the eero as a glorified wireless access point.
Amazon, should change their description to make this short coming obvious and erro should update their quick start guide in their app so it better reflects the situation in the UK."


Things should not be so complex, I don't want to understand all that crap, I just want a WiFi booster, simple pimple
 
TP-Link power line adapters working well now. Hitting a WIFI speed of about 40mbps in what was a dead zone. Maybe I used a different socket last time o_O.
 
Bullet said:
Why is nothing easy nowadays? This thread title is very apt. I googled Mesh Wifi and the first hit has reviews such as

"If, I'd read through all the reviews, I could have saved myself several hours of grief. Currently, eero won't work fully as a router with most UK broadband suppliers using VSDL, like BT. I currently have a BT smart hub, which is a combined modem/router. I read that the eero ideally needs to connect to the WAN via just a modem to avoid double NAT issues and the bt smart/home hubs can't be run in modem only/bridge mode, so I also purchased a TP Link W9970 which can be. However, it turns out this doesn't help as although the TP Link connects okay in bridge mode, it won't establish an internet connection, because it expects the router i.e. the eero to provide the PPPoE authentication, and the eero unlike most routers can't (yet) do this. Consequently, it's necessary to switch the router function back on in the TP Link (so could have just kept the BT Hub), disable WiFi in the modem/router and use the eero as a glorified wireless access point.
Amazon, should change their description to make this short coming obvious and erro should update their quick start guide in their app so it better reflects the situation in the UK."


Things should not be so complex, I don't want to understand all that crap, I just want a WiFi booster, simple pimple
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The Google nest router and point mesh setup was on the 'to buy' list, so although I would have had a good look into it, thanks for the heads up on UK issues.

What the f.ck happened to plug and play?
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
The Google nest router and point mesh setup was on the 'to buy' list, so although I would have had a good look into it, thanks for the heads up on UK issues.

What the f.ck happened to plug and play?
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It is plug and play, it's just that many UK isp's run weird hardware and proprietary solutions.
 
It’s not a 21st century thing specifically, but my daughter is now old enough, that a lot of the time, when doing the laundry, I don’t know if certain things are hers or my wife’s.
 
Baleforce said:
It’s not a 21st century thing specifically, but my daughter is now old enough, that a lot of the time, when doing the laundry, I don’t know if certain things are hers or my wife’s.
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The things you wish is your wife's, are probably your daughter's.
 
I don’t think washing machines should have windows. Making them front loading is just to facilitate fitting them with a window.
 
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