[Missy Moo]

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-...9223705&sr=8-4

Thanks in advance!

[c4rv]

I am not sure why you have a home hub and a separate router, the home hub is a router, you don't need a separate router.

Also where is the home hub and how is connected to the router ?

[iangrad]

Some BT hubs are only 2 port so you may need a separate 4 / 6 / 8 way switch on the end of this .

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 .

[Missy Moo]

c4rv, I don't currently use the TP Link - the BT Home hub replaced it a few months ago and it's been in a cupboard since. But I thought it could be used as a bridge.

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.

[chrisjr]

You could use the old router along with the HomePlugs. You would use the HomePlugs to extend your network round to the telly. But that would only give one connection. So if you have more than one device that needs internet connection you would have to keep plugging each device up as and when you need internet access from it.

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.

[Winston_1]

Originally Posted by iangrad

But your thinking of using home plugs to feed broadband to other devices such as a smart TV or recorder is excellent ..

No it isn't. Homeplugs cause serious radio interference to other users up to 500metres away and thus should be avoided at all costs.

The cheapest and best way is wired cat5 cable connections.

http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/powerline.html

http://www.ban-plt.co.uk/personal.php

[Nigel Goodwin]

Originally Posted by Winston_1

No it isn't. Homeplugs cause serious radio interference to other users up to 500metres away and thus should be avoided at all costs.

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.

[c4rv]

Originally Posted by Winston_1

No it isn't. Homeplugs cause serious radio interference to other users up to 500metres away and thus should be avoided at all costs.

You still banging on about this ?

[Missy Moo]

Originally Posted by Winston_1

No it isn't. Homeplugs cause serious radio interference to other users up to 500metres away and thus should be avoided at all costs.

The cheapest and best way is wired cat5 cable connections.

http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/powerline.html

http://www.ban-plt.co.uk/personal.php

I've only got one neighbour within 500 metres and they're not into amateur radio, so I think I'm safe!

[Nigel Goodwin]

Originally Posted by Missy Moo

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