| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 142540 | 2016-07-20 21:45:00 | Range of Broadband Modems/Routers. | spooky (4241) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1423435 | 2016-07-20 21:45:00 | I am using a hg630b modem to connect an all-in-one wirelessly, but I want to move the modem into another room so that I can connect a laptop to it using a cable, but when I do this the connection becomes quite slow on the all-in-one. Is there any way that I can increase the range of the modem as the hg630b does not have an external aerial. | spooky (4241) | ||
| 1423436 | 2016-07-20 22:08:00 | Buy an extender or a pair of powerline adapters. Plug it into a port on the modem and into a point where the other pc is. And press whatever button | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1423437 | 2016-07-20 23:00:00 | Replace it. Those HG630b's are terrible. External antenna makes a huge difference as you've observed. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1423438 | 2016-07-21 03:02:00 | Buy a powerline kit. or run network network cables everything else is clutching at straws ,ie might work , might not work ($ wasted) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1423439 | 2016-07-21 03:54:00 | Thank you to you all for your assistance. | spooky (4241) | ||
| 1423440 | 2016-07-21 04:11:00 | Now that I have dumped the hg630b I have got a dynalink rta1025wv6 and a Netcomm n304b available to use. Which would you suggest I use. I have taken on board the advice of the powerline kits and will probably go with them but as I have these modems lying around I thought I would see if they worked. | spooky (4241) | ||
| 1423441 | 2016-07-21 04:52:00 | Neither -- the HG630b would have been a better option. Replacing one bad modem/router with another. Better to spend some money and buy something modern, you'll get a better result. TP-Links are reasonably good, just put one in today to replace an old failing Netgear, performance and range was a noticeable improvement. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1423442 | 2016-07-21 23:18:00 | What Wainuitech said, you're replacing junk with more old junk. The range on the TP-Links is great as a Wireless AP, but I don't fancy them for acting as a router. Had one on stock firmware just acting as a WiFi -> Ethernet bridge and even that shat itself after 10 days, then again 4 days later. However, running 3rd party firmware on them, they're solid as a rock! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1423443 | 2016-07-22 00:52:00 | Gargoyle runs well on my TP-Link 1043ND V1. Used to freeze on stock f'ware. | linw (53) | ||
| 1423444 | 2016-07-22 04:22:00 | ^^ This, the range on those 1043ND's are *superb*! Stability... My record was over 300 days of uptime on them before a power cut, it's fantastic. Have got an Archer C7 v2 now which I'm using for my main WiFi bridge (Gargoyle, of course) and my TL-WR1042NDv2 is just the main "router" with WiFi disabled. No problems in the few weeks since I got the C7 which is much better than the stock firmware on the C5 I had, but the C5v2 has Broadcomm chipset so doesn't support OpenWRT / Gargoyle :'( |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||