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Homeplug/Wireless connection question
Missy Moo
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Hi, be gentle with me - replies in very basic terms, please
I have a BT Home Hub, a TP Link router (TD W8960N) and an EchoStar Freesat PVR (HDS 600RS). My router is far away from the TV and PVR, but I'd wondered if I could plug the router into the PVR to create a bridge and connect it to the broadband signal?
Can it be done? If so, how?
If not, is this an alternative solution? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sling-Media-SlingLink-Turbo-Port/dp/B000TQVJK0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1359223705&sr=8-4
Thanks in advance!
I have a BT Home Hub, a TP Link router (TD W8960N) and an EchoStar Freesat PVR (HDS 600RS). My router is far away from the TV and PVR, but I'd wondered if I could plug the router into the PVR to create a bridge and connect it to the broadband signal?
Can it be done? If so, how?
If not, is this an alternative solution? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sling-Media-SlingLink-Turbo-Port/dp/B000TQVJK0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1359223705&sr=8-4
Thanks in advance!
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Also where is the home hub and how is connected to the router ?
But your thinking of using home plugs to feed broadband to other devices such as a smart TV or recorder is excellent . TP link 500mb springs to mind and I have used these in various installs .
iangrand, thanks for the feedback. I think biting the bullet and buying the homeplugs might be the easy answer. I just didn't want to waste £50 if there was an easy way to recycle the old router.
However if you plug the old router into the HomePlug that would give you three connections to play with. Three because you would plug the HomePlug into one of the LAN ports on the router (where computers plug in) leaving three free. So if you have, or get, one of those new fangled Smart telly things as well as the PVR then you can use both at the same time.
You may have to go into the router configuration to turn off anything associated with your old ISP login and also turn off it's DHCP function.
Only according to a tiny handful of people (who take every opportunity to try and push their minority views on the public), the devices are authorised for use in the UK and are an excellent and very useful system.
You still banging on about this ?
I've only got one neighbour within 500 metres and they're not into amateur radio, so I think I'm safe!
As long as you don't live next door to Winston_1 you're safe anyway, he's the only one who keeps going on about his imagined interference