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Going from dial-up to ADSL wireless

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Name: luckypingudog
Date: November 17, 2005 at 13:45:42 Pacific
OS: Win XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: 2GHz 512MB
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Hi everyone

I currently use an internal 56kb dial-up modem to connect to the internet at home. I'm moving to a new house where there will be no phone jacks anywhere near my computer, and it would be inconvenient to run a telephone extension cable.

So I'm considering moving to ADSL broadband (the only type available where I will live). So I'm thinking of getting an ADSL modem that can plug into my phone jack and wirelessly beam the broadband to my computer elsewhere in the house.

But I've been researching such devices and none of them specify the range of the signal. For example, this is the cheapest I've found:

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/437cf45f09447796273fc0a87f990727/Product/View/XH6343

(Prices in New Zealand Dollars).

...but as with all others it doesn't mention the range. Could something like this beam the broadband signal approximately 15 metres, through four wooden walls?

luckypingudog at hotmail.com



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Name: plainandsimple
Date: November 18, 2005 at 01:05:04 Pacific
Reply:

Mains Networking is more stable and gives you a fair amount of freedom:

In the UK Solwise seem to be the main supplier:

http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline.htm

I have found one AU site though:

http://www.alloy.com.au/products/homeplug_14.htm


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