SNR Margin downstream.

neocr0n · Oct 07, 2008, 17:34:27

Well UPnP i guess has just always took care of it for me. I've unchecked "Windows zero config" and thinks seem to be better for me now. The spikes & the torrents.

I don't want to commit to this just yet but it has been 16 hrs without a disconnect so far and thats a little unusual for me. If I make it to over 24 hrs, I think I could safely say it was my house wire from upstairs to down.

Which means I have to take back all the nasty things I've said about IDnet & BT

Rik · Oct 07, 2008, 17:35:40

Toes crossed you've found the problem.

neocr0n · Oct 07, 2008, 17:46:37

That said wireless is still too choppy for me.

My old setup was as follows. A connection point upstairs wired to the main connection point downstairs. Since normall phone wires aren't really good enough I guess I should think about maybe running a long cat5 cable from upstairs to down yeah?

What other options do I have because wireless just doesn't cut the mustard for me.

I found this interesting product,

http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=24311

Its my understanding reading this that I would run a cat5 cable from my computer to one of these in a near by plug, I would then have another of these plugged in downstairs near my router and run a cat5 cable from that to the router?

Is that how it works or do I have it all wrong? Has anyone used one of these before or can verify that its a good piece of kit? Would it cause damage to any electrical wiring etc?

Rik · Oct 07, 2008, 17:50:38

Mains networking is effective and for many people it's better than wireless. It may have a latency issue for gaming, but otherwise it's as you believe, one by the router and any others where you want a computer. If it's not difficult to run Cat5+ cables, then that's a cheaper and faster solution, your only limitation is that any one segment in ethernet can't be longer than 100m.

Steve · Oct 07, 2008, 17:58:18

Mains networking works fine for me I use it extensively in my house for desktops and games machines the 85mbps are fine for most jobs, if you want video streaming probably go upto the 200mbps . The electric meter acts as the "firewall" throughput is better than wireless g and my eldest son managed good throughput for torrents and WoW.Its a doddle to setup as well.

Rik · Oct 07, 2008, 18:01:23

Aside from that, though, Steve, you wouldn't recommend it?

Steve · Oct 07, 2008, 18:05:59

For me its a no-brainer: do I want to use the nearest electrical socket or drill holes,lift carpets etc to run a network cable.

Rik · Oct 07, 2008, 18:07:33

Have you got your drill charged then, Steve?

Sebby · Oct 07, 2008, 18:56:08

Quote from: neocr0n on Oct 07, 2008, 14:39:09
On torrents(legal of course) however I've never hit above 50kb/s and this particular torrent has a lot of seeds, there really should be no problem getting close to max on this. Any ideas?

It could be a couple of things. Either the ports haven't been forwarded (either do it manually or enable UPnP) and/or you need to enable protocol encryption (a lot of servers require this now).

neocr0n · Oct 09, 2008, 15:27:41

All fixed now. It was definatly a internal problem, basically the wire connecting my upstairs point to the downstairs main socket.

Since going wireless I've been connected for 62hrs.

I've also fixed the wireless lag issue with games and sorted out the torrents.

Thanks for the help everyone.

Rik · Oct 09, 2008, 15:30:23

Good news, thanks for letting us know.