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Thread ID: 135936	2013-12-30 07:23:00	Network Upgrade	vaguelines (17061)	Press F1

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1363893	2013-12-30 07:23:00	Howdy, Im a university student and have just recently moved out of the family home, into a sleepout/shed about 20 meters from the main house. Being the avid gamer i am, i have witnessed a serious decrease in wireless performance due to moving further from the router, as the signal is only 1 - 2 bars. The router is a standard ADSL1 modem/router provided by Telecom. I have an xbox, laptop, phone and iPod all in my sleep out trying to receive the signal yet is really struggling. Im asking for advice as to whether i buy a new modem/router (ASUS DSL-N55U), or purchase a separate modem(a basic modem) and router (ASUS RT-AC66U), to hopefully increase the wifi range without noticing a loss of performance in the sleep out. Im open to other options for the individual router (ASUS RT-AC66U), if this is not necessary. As a side note, i don't write/read many files within my network. Also, i am wondering whether to upgrade my telecom home package from ADSL to VDSL, and would appreciate any thoughts on the idea. Thanks a lot for all replies and advice :)	vaguelines (17061)
1363894	2013-12-30 07:59:00	What I would do is run a Ethernet cable from the router in the house to the sleepout, connect a switch / wireless access point (or another router - but would need more setting up) to the cable and the range will be 100% or connect to the switch Via a cable and it will work perfectly. In the workshop here theres two Cat5 Cables coming from the house to the workshop, (Ones a spare) connected to that is a 8 port switch, and connected to that switch are 2 other switches and a wireless access point the Netgear, which also acts like a switch access-points/WN604 (www.netgear.com.au) They are around $80 as advertised at computerlounge.co.nz/components (www.computerlounge.co.nz) One of the ports on the back acts as the "in" port then the other 3 are "out"	wainuitech (129)
1363895	2013-12-30 08:33:00	VDSL is a significant gain over ADSL depending, of course, how far you are from the cabinet. Wainui's advice above however is IMO the best way to go.	CliveM (6007)
1363896	2013-12-30 08:35:00	Thanks a lot for the reply . Yeah that is a lot more simpler and straightforward . Between implementing an access point, or switch, would the switch maintain a higher WiFi performance of the two - lower latency and higher throughput? If so, does this switch look good for the task? . trademe . co . nz/computers/networking-modems/hubs-switches/auction-678318036 . htm" target="_blank">www . trademe . co . nz Thanks	vaguelines (17061)
1363897	2013-12-30 09:02:00	Cheers CliveM for the reply. The cabinet is about 200-300 meters away from my house, would you recommend moving to another company other than telecom for their VDSL line in terms of price and bandwidth plans? Thanks	vaguelines (17061)
1363898	2013-12-30 09:10:00	Cable would probably be best if you can do it. However what wireless specification are you using (802.11g or n)? If g, changing to n may well give you the extra performance you need?	johnd (85)
1363899	2013-12-30 09:14:00	Thanks a lot for the reply. Yeah that is a lot more simpler and straightforward. Between implementing an access point, or switch, would the switch maintain a higher WiFi performance of the two - lower latency and higher throughput? If so, does this switch look good for the task? www.trademe.co.nz Thanks The switch linked would work nicely. It DOESN'T have wireless though so any connections will have to be Via ethernet Cable. 1 in, 7 devices out. All you would do is run the cable from the router in the house , plug it into port 1 (Keeps things simple when you get a mess of wires) :) then simply plug in the devices to the other ports, the router inside will sort out the IP Addresses for each device attached. If you get carried away ;) you can then add another switch to one of the other ports, expanding the amount out to even more devices.	wainuitech (129)
1363900	2013-12-30 09:14:00	Yeah cable would be no trouble. The wireless router that is being used at the moment, I'm pretty certain is 802.11g. If i was to change the router/modem at a later date to improve the WiFi aspect, what would you recommend? Thanks	vaguelines (17061)
1363901	2013-12-30 09:18:00	If i was to change the router/modem at a later date to improve the WiFi aspect, what would you recommend? Depends on when you want to do it. Meaning modems/routers are improving all the time, so any thing advised now will be out of date and superseded by something better in a short time. I know that all to well :D, I have to change a couple of switches I have to Gigabit Switch's, ( like the one you linked) some I have are holding back the speed I'm capable of getting.	wainuitech (129)
1363902	2013-12-30 09:18:00	Hahaha, i might have to purchase a few more computers to justify purchasing another switch. Yeah i will defiantly implement the use of a ethernet cable running from the house to a switch in the sleep out. The advice is much appreciated.	vaguelines (17061)
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