[Rustington] Be Aware ! - BT Infinity Broadband

[Martin Webb]

A pair of HomePlugs 200Mbps are around £30.00

http://www.ebuyer.com/263575-tp-link-200mbps-powerline-adapter-twin-pack-tl-pa211kit

Yes 30metres 100ft is maximum length of Cat5 Rthernet Cable

On 27 October 2012 17:54, Stuart McFadyen <stuart.624mcfadyen at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> **
> If you are interested in upgrading to BT Infinity Broadband, you might
> like to take note of the engineering reqirements.
>
> As you know, all domestic Broadband Routers connect directly to the phone
> line via a broadband Filter plug, which can be situated anywhere in the
> house where there is a telephone extension socket.
>
> This is *NOT* the case with BT Infinity.
>
> The faceplate of the Master telephone socket will be replaced and a Fibre
> Modem installed, which connects by Ethernet cable, ONLY to the revised
> Master socket. The Fibre Modem then connects to the Router (V3 BT Home Hub)
> via an Ethernet cable.
>
> This of course means that the Router CANNOT be distanced from the Fibre
> Modem (in my case the Router is currently upstairs and Master socket
> downstairs !), unless you are able to connect them via an extended Ethernet
> cable (max 30 metres ?).
>
> All my Networked office equipment is upstairs, with the Router, and cannot
> be resited.
>
> *My solution* .... Quite by chance I had a couple of spare HomePlugs left
> over from a duplicated BT Vision order. These devices provide Ethernet
> networking over house mains electricity wiring. So my existing Router is
> now downstairs feeding Ethernet upstairs over a pair of HomeHubs ....
> sorted ..... but I still await the BT engineer on the 5th November to
> install Infinity.
>
> I hope this all makes sense and is helpful.
>
> Stuart.
>
>
>
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