homeplugs?spiderplugs for spiderbox

[gracieboo]

Hi there just looking to know what would the best homeplugs be for the spiderbox as my router will be a bit away from reciever and i don,t want any messy cables about and what do they have to be withs regards to mps. Could i get away with 85mps or would i need 200mps and what kind of price would i be looking at? and plug thru ones if anyone knows of any good makes many thanks.

[Adam_UK]

any home plug will be fine, i will go orange home plugs as I used them and they are very good

[Curious123]

Hi there just looking to know what would the best homeplugs be for the spiderbox as my router will be a bit away from reciever and i don,t want any messy cables about and what do they have to be withs regards to mps. Could i get away with 85mps or would i need 200mps and what kind of price would i be looking at? and plug thru ones if anyone knows of any good makes many thanks.

I have one of these in every room, works perfectly with my dreamboxes.

Solwise 200mbps Homeplug AV PL-200AV-PIGGY mk2 (http://www.faculty-x.net/homeplug%20200%20pass-thru.htm)

[gracieboo]

200 mps Plug thru ones off ebay at around ?70 for the pair. Would that be a fair price or do you know of any better many thanks.

[gracieboo]

Thanks curious i hadn,t seen your post before i posted again.

[hatchet]

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[andy91]

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or

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Both work fine,Andy.

[gracieboo]

Hi there hatchet would these be enough to run a spiderbox ? mite sound a stupid question but id rather be safe than sorry. thanks

[hatchet]

Yes, i run a couple of dreamboxes of them, no problems what so ever.

[manxspud]

I have one of these in every room, works perfectly with my dreamboxes.

Solwise 200mbps Homeplug AV PL-200AV-PIGGY mk2 (http://www.faculty-x.net/homeplug%20200%20pass-thru.htm)

Hi Curious ... if i'm reading that right ... you can have 1 at the routers end , and up to 10 around the house ...

@manx

[Manic01]

I use spiderplugs work fine, never tried anything else.

[bubbles69]

Can the spider box not use a wifi dongle like the dm800?

[Curious123]

Hi Curious ... if i'm reading that right ... you can have 1 at the routers end , and up to 10 around the house ...

@manx

I have not read the specs fully but I would assume you could have as many a you like round the house. I have got one next to the router and another five plugged in over the rest of the house for the kids. I was tempted to invest in the Gigabit plugs but they were a little expensive and as I have only got an 'N' router it seemed a bit pointless.

[smoggie]

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or

7dayshop.com - Online Store (http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=110819)

Both work fine,Andy.

I got the ones of ebay and work fine. if you want to use more than (i have 4) then you need to download some software and it takes about 10 mins to configure them

[ITS A SCAM !]

Get yourself a second hand linksys wrt54g router off ebay for about ?15 to ?20, then flash it with DDWRT. This will turn the router into a access point and you can then get yourself a wireless spiderbox. I have done this myself and it works a treat. You also get yourself 3 additional Lan sockets as well........Simples

[manxspud]

I have 4 netgear access points with a lan socket each ...

what i am thinking of doing is upgrading the kids rooms from free view to errrr free sat lol

With the amount of electrical gear they already have ie: games consoles/laptops/tv's ect ect am looking for a neat and tidy solution ... so if i only need 1 plug at the router end it sounds like the option for me.

Have to give the wife a break lol now that we are legal on the broadband the 4 Yagi antenna's have been taken down and sold off lol so want to stay in the good books for a while.

When i was out of work last year i sold off the 1m dish and motor ... am now looking at doing a multi lnb set up ...

i can her the moans already lol

@manx

[gracieboo]

Thanks its a scam but im someone with very little knowledge of technology sounds great but i wouldn,t know where to start. Hopefully this is my last question on the matter or maybe i should have started another thread? But anyhow can does anyone know where is the best place to purchase the spiderbox with good aftersales help if needed. Thanks everyone for your replys all of which have been helpful many thanks.

[ITS A SCAM !]

If you look on you tube there is video tutorials on there what will show you step by step how to flash the Linksys WRT54G router...I followed one of those Tutorials myself and it was very easy. Look here for a example

YouTube - DD-WRT install on a Linksys WRT54G router

[manxspud]

Cheers m8's ...

i thought if it was possible to have 1 plug the routers end connected to say 3 in different rooms ... that would be ideal

other wise i already have some netgear access points that can go in each room ... just wanted a tidy option to keep the mrs happy lol

@manx

[manxspud]

Ps ... some times its the little things that mean more work for us ie : my dish is at the front of the house ... my sons room is at the back ... so will be running the cable up through the loft and out the other side of the house ... then back into his room ... rather than through the loft floor and down from the ceiling

bearing in mind i have to keep going up and down ladders and i am sh@t scared of heights lol

@manx

[Curious123]

Or if you want more ethernet ports in their bedroom use 1 of your routers you have but put ethernet cable from homeplug into LAN port on router then you will have an additional 3 ethernets outs.

JoK

You can buy homeplugs with more then one ethernet ports or two ethernet ports and a wifi extender. I have found the homeplugs to be very versatile when the wife wants to shuffle the furniture around the house as you no longer need to worry about how you are going to get network connectivity to your device.

[gracieboo]

Hi there again could anyone recommend any twin pack home plugs that are just plug and play with no configaration. many thanks

[Elric]

Hi there again could anyone recommend any twin pack home plugs that are just plug and play with no configaration. many thanks

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