home networking. ???

[busdiver]

have set up my tv for smart iplayer etc using the home network plugins and using LAN cabling, works a treat on my tv in the lounge but bought another set to run the lads MAC in his room cannot get them to work properly either get a very weak signal transmission or nothing at all, not his mac as i have tried our laptop on the same connection and that's not playing either, took the working plug from behind the tv and tried upstairs, nothing.

the upstairs and downstairs share an RCCD on the dis board but have separate breakers for the individual circuits. and the wiring is all new rewired five years ago. have a mate who has his running on seperate circuits with no probs,

anyone any better than me on this stuff cannot think of why it should not work. getting proper peed off.

 

[Mr G]

Not sure what the problem is preventing you connecting over the ring main but is there any reason for not going wireless?

Can either use a wireless broad band router or just a wireless Access Point added to the network.

 

[busdiver]

tv digi box's for the most part are not wireless, have to have a LAN connection, and upstairs back bedroom to many walls for wireless to be quick..

 

[Foz]

Port Forwarding maybe? Also Are the mac addresses showing on your router page for each device that is connected? Make a note of the address if so.
Then Try making a separate guest connection, to run along side your main router connection, and add the mac address of the device your having issues with.
I had the same problem when I tried to connect my lads xbox, and also his cousins xbox at the same time. Only 1 would connect, the guest connection solved my issue.


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[Purplemonsta]

Make sure it's not on an extension lead...seems to mess it up for some reason???

 

[creationblue]

have set up my tv for smart iplayer etc using the home network plugins and using LAN cabling, works a treat on my tv in the lounge but bought another set to run the lads MAC in his room cannot get them to work properly either get a very weak signal transmission or nothing at all, not his mac as i have tried our laptop on the same connection and that's not playing either, took the working plug from behind the tv and tried upstairs, nothing.

the upstairs and downstairs share an RCCD on the dis board but have separate breakers for the individual circuits. and the wiring is all new rewired five years ago. have a mate who has his running on seperate circuits with no probs,

anyone any better than me on this stuff cannot think of why it should not work. getting proper peed off.

Mine didnt work on separate circuits either mate if its ant consolation :roll:

 

[busdiver]

cheers CBlue did you ever get it working................. or what was/is your alternative

 

[lard]

Hi,

Not 100% sure on the logical connectivity - are you taking a smart TV, into a home plug and then across the wiring to come out and be plugged into a switch? Then wanting to do the same for a device upstairs, connecting it into the power and linking 3 devices, or 4?

If you need to get the mac online do you have a plug on the same circuit as upstairs, downstairs? you could bridge it into another powerline plug or take it via cable into the same switch - I use powerline but only to connect a wireless access point and extend the range of my wifi - rather than trying to connect endpoints back to a switch?

 

[Foz]

Think I've completely got the wrong end of the stick, :lol:
Im talking routers, your talking digi boxes! :-?


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[busdiver]

have just had a very long online chat with bangalore and "micheal" bottom line is these units need both the live and neutral to transmit a useable wavelength to a sister plug, because my upstairs and downstairs share a neutral but not a live as up and down have seperate breakers not gonna work,

will take some pics of the dis box showing the wiring layout to post on here and ask any sparks out there how to "link my lives" without losing my circuit protection

 

[creationblue]

cheers CBlue did you ever get it working................. or what was/is your alternative

I gave up :lol:

 

[sparkywig]

have just had a very long online chat with bangalore and "micheal" bottom line is these units need both the live and neutral to transmit a useable wavelength to a sister plug, because my upstairs and downstairs share a neutral but not a live as up and down have seperate breakers not gonna work,

will take some pics of the dis box showing the wiring layout to post on here and ask any sparks out there how to "link my lives" without losing my circuit protection

It's easy enough to do, but you'll end up with one socket outlet circuit for upstairs and downstairs. All depends what loading you've got on the existing circuits.
Bear in mind that you will change the circuit characteristics, so will need to get the modified circuit tested and certified.

 

[busdiver]

right had a think last night,

i have a second LAN port on my router in the hallway run a cat5 LAN cable out of the wall up the front of the house and into spare room/office on the front of the house, create a network socket in there, plug in my powerline adaptor into the upstairs ringmain connect that to network socket with cable and hopefully cooking on gas.

no dodgy electrical mods need to be made...........................and have the office networked and the lads room on the back.

well thats the plan.