Mllcg 3rd Gear October 23, 2011 Share October 23, 2011 Another fact. ADSL broadband is affected by inclement weather as well. Reason being, the charge buildup in the atmosphere prior to rain is sufficient to affect performance of the DSLAM located on ground cabinets. latency, speed or stablility? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyox 2nd Gear October 23, 2011 Share October 23, 2011 (edited) Guys i've got a problem with networking as well, could someone help me out? I've got a network printer (non-wireless) which connects directly to my router. Recently i've just switched over to fibre broadband. Now the router is on the ground floor while my network printer is on the 2nd floor. thinking of getting a wireless extender to tap on the new network and plug my printer into the ethernet port of the wireless extender. will it work? i'm thinking of getting the Aztech WL556E Edited October 23, 2011 by Nyox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear October 23, 2011 Share October 23, 2011 latency, speed or stablility? All of the above could be possible although if stability is gone, latency and speed is moot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic October 24, 2011 Author Share October 24, 2011 home plug also seems to have its own short coming. It needs to be plugged in with ethermet cable in order for it to work. Though ok with desktop, but a hassle for lappy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 (edited) home plug also seems to have its own short coming. It needs to be plugged in with ethermet cable in order for it to work. Though ok with desktop, but a hassle for lappy. they have a wifi one lah, that can with lan connect if you need http://www.aztech.com/sg/homeplug_hl110ew.html the only shortcoming is that it consume power, and take up two power point. Edited October 24, 2011 by Jman888 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic October 24, 2011 Author Share October 24, 2011 they have a wifi one lah, that can with lan connect if you need http://www.aztech.com/sg/homeplug_hl110ew.html the only shortcoming is that it consume power, and take up two power point. paisey .....me bad 1 silly question. when plugging into the socket, will connectivity be compromised when other appliances( tv,lappy etc) share the power point?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 paisey .....me bad 1 silly question. when plugging into the socket, will connectivity be compromised when other appliances( tv,lappy etc) share the power point?? for better throughput, better to connect direct to the socket and not through extension. No issue with other appliances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic October 24, 2011 Author Share October 24, 2011 short summary, do correct me if i am wrong.. homeplug vs wireless N router 1. homeplug more ex 2. wireless N router cant go thru concrete wall and thus loses out in connectivity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 short summary, do correct me if i am wrong.. homeplug vs wireless N router 1. homeplug more ex 2. wireless N router cant go thru concrete wall and thus loses out in connectivity ok my limited knowledge as i am only user home plug can do with your existing setting/equipment, just add on. if you have one connect to the route, you can have one in every room/kitchen/toilet. N router is quite good, plus if can change the antenna, it practically can reach every corner within a 2000 sq ft house (am i exaggerating? ) but i do get to surf from the car park 8 floor below my flat with the stock mio (no antenna router) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic October 24, 2011 Author Share October 24, 2011 2wire from miobox really is..... from room where router is to hall(6 steps), bar dropped to 4 from room where router is to my room (11 steps), bar dropped to 1,occasionally 2. Maybe is due to too many walls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mllcg 3rd Gear October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 2wire from miobox really is..... from room where router is to hall(6 steps), bar dropped to 4 from room where router is to my room (11 steps), bar dropped to 1,occasionally 2. Maybe is due to too many walls yeah man. the 2wire is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nts0408 Neutral Newbie October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 short summary, do correct me if i am wrong.. homeplug vs wireless N router 1. homeplug more ex 2. wireless N router cant go thru concrete wall and thus loses out in connectivity Wirelesss signal normally can penetrate at least one contrete wall without problem. It will be weak after going through two walls. It can penetrate through glass windows easily without much losts. If I am in your position, I will replace the MIO modem/router to other Wireless N modem/router with high gain antenna. This solution needs some knowledge in configurating Broadband link (need ID/password), wireless SSID and security key. Another easy solution is to add on a wireless N Access Point (with high gain antenna) to the existing MIO router. This solution only needs to assign an IP address to the AP and configure a separate wireless SSID. Both solutions will cost you around $70 - $80. It is good to check whether your room has any other 2.4GHz device which may cause interference to your wireless signal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic October 24, 2011 Author Share October 24, 2011 as suggested, went to challllllengerrrrrrr to find whats on the shelves..... only to discover that singtel which uses 2wire need to use a ADSL+router device. A wireless router N alone dont work. Meaning?? more ex lor..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic October 24, 2011 Author Share October 24, 2011 something like this..... N router with ADSL+ modem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahjong74 Supercharged October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 Well, corporate networking is different ball game altogether to be honest. Anyway back to wireless network. I have had my day configuring wifi products and i am convinced that wifi is still overrated. I still recommend people to do cat6 wiring on star topology. Just keep a 802.11n router on dummy AP mode for legacy wifi usage. To be honest, wifi is really meant for convenience in my opinion. 802.11n draft 2.0 hasn't quite live up to its reputation of delivering the throughput where it matters. Much of Singapore's urban landscape is littered with WLANs. To achieve 300Mbps, one needs to activate channel bonding i.e. wide band 40MHz mode. Despite the numerous channels 1 to 11, only by staying on 1 or 11 you would be able to achieve minimal interference on 40MHz. Dual band is also quite overhyped. 5Ghz spectrum is only good for short distance. If one is thinking about a nice proper network heatmap, 5GHz will disappoint. Most people ignore the fact that the router wireless signal could be as strong as hell, the Rx sensitivity and Tx output of the client should be robust as well. I recommend no lesser than 2T2R adapters with threshold sensitivity of as low as -90dBm and output Tx power @ 50mW if possible. Even with such configuration my wireless client to wireless client throughput is barely pushing 10Mbps. If one is interested in pushing full HD content around the WLAN, minimum throughput should be no lesser than 20Mbps. Can tell that you must be a network engineer with your rather good technical knowlegde. Well, even activate channel bonding, the 300 Mbps still cannot be achieve in a real wireless load test environment. Let me know if you are a CCIE, my company looking for CCIE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 Can tell that you must be a network engineer with your rather good technical knowlegde. Well, even activate channel bonding, the 300 Mbps still cannot be achieve in a real wireless load test environment. Let me know if you are a CCIE, my company looking for CCIE. Thank you for your compliments i am an engineer but a chemical engineer at that. [:p] The only time i achieved 300Mbps is router and client is about 10 feet away from each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nts0408 Neutral Newbie October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 something like this..... N router with ADSL+ modem Yes you need to get an ADSL modem/router with Wireless N. The picture you attached is Linksys model which does not have external antenna similar to those 2Wire modem. Price for ADSL2 modem wireless N router is about $80 if you get it from SLS. Brands like DLink, TP-Link, Aztech and LevelOne are having external antenna. You can replace it with 7dBi antenna if you want to increase the range. A 7dBi antenna is around $40. If you want to make it simple, just get an Access Point with wireless N will be fine. This is in view of future switching to OpenNet fiber network and you will not require ADSL modem any more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear October 24, 2011 Share October 24, 2011 (edited) something like this..... N router with ADSL+ modem If i were you i will not touch any CISCO home networking product even the supposedly premium E4200. The one you posted is their E2100. Their corporate AP are still okok. For my recommendation, if you are getting something that is value for money and not expensive get the Engenius ESR9850. Slap on 2x duckfeet 7dBi omni directional antennas (suggest to make that EAD2407) Made In Taiwan so build quality wise is a notch higher than average than its similarly priced peers. If you want to splurge, then get the Asus RT56U, you won't go wrong with that. Edited October 24, 2011 by Happily1986 ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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