A Faraday cage might be a little more elegant, but thanks for the
suggestion, anyway....!
It beats me why 'everyone' seems to go for wireless, adding needlessly to
the electro-magnetic 'fog' and making their connection slower, less
reliable and vulnerable in the process. I'm sure we all know someone who
insists on having a wireless connection between router and computer when
they are no more than a metre or so apart.
For years I've relied on an old Thomson DSL bridge and a series of
switches. No performance penalty and I fire up a wireless router only when
strictly necessary. I have several routers, but none of them lets me choose
how to connect.
No piece of kit lasts forever, though, and I'd like to find a decent,
modern router which gives me a choice.
Chris.
On 1 December 2014 at 19:08, Clive Woodfine <clivewoodfine@???> wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Quote:- Does anyone have a way of disabling the radio?
>
> Put in a lead box. Sorry for being facetious.
>
> Clive
>
> On 1 December 2014 at 10:19, Chris. Aubrey-Smith <cas194@???> wrote:
>
>> I have installed the same box which works well. However, I have always
>> had a wired-only network and turn on radio only for a specific need.
>>
>> Does anyone have a way of disabling the radio? If I can't find one I
>> shall have to revert to my earlier kit.....
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 30 November 2014 at 16:37, Clive Woodfine <clivewoodfine@???>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Adam,
>>>
>>> I am with TalkTalk and they now supply a Huawei HG635 Super Router that
>>> connects directly to the landline. It works okay, I get 40 Mbs but I am
>>> only 100m from the green box. The Wi-Fi is good and it has a USB 2.0 socket
>>> which I can use with a Raspberry Pi raspXBMC to show my photos. This may
>>> not help you as the router is specific to TalkTalk but Huawei may have
>>> something similar for general use.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Clive
>>>
>>> On 29 November 2014 at 19:51, Chris Malton <chrism@???> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Adam,
>>>>
>>>> Usually, Openreach "install" a VDSL modem, which then connects via RJ45
>>>> to most cable routers.
>>>> I say "install" as, in my experiences for people they fit the VDSL
>>>> faceplate on the NTE5, drop the box and run.
>>>>
>>>> You end up with Phone and VDSL coming out of the NTE5, and you feed the
>>>> VDSL to the OpenReach box (which is usually some Technicolor/other cheap
>>>> brand device as well), and then you get, I think, a PPPoE session. In some
>>>> cases (depending on provider) you may just be able to DHCP on the WAN
>>>> interface, but I believe PPPoE is more normal for talking to a VDSL box.
>>>>
>>>> I wish you luck - I've been trying to get VDSL at my flat for months -
>>>> the cabinet is in, but apparently not turned on..... so it's a bit curious
>>>> that it buzzes......
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> On 29/11/14 16:35, Dr Adam John Trickett wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm considering upgrading my ADSL2+ service to Fibre/VDSL (which in my
>>>>> case is
>>>>> still copper into the house). In theory my current Co-operative
>>>>> broadband
>>>>> would jump from around 11 Mbit to about 38 Mbit.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Co-operative want to provide me with a Technicolor TG582n "router"
>>>>> for
>>>>> free, but it's still £6 P&P. As far as I can tell it's a cheap and not
>>>>> very
>>>>> popular ADSL2+ router so on paper servers no useful purpose as a VDSL
>>>>> router.
>>>>> I've also found some references online which suggest that it's
>>>>> actually a
>>>>> modified router which has one of it's LAN ports converted into a WAN
>>>>> port.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't get out them sending me the router, but I just want to confirm
>>>>> what do
>>>>> BT OpenReach actually install in your house if you have "fibre"?
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I right in thinking the VDSL presentation has a VDSL decoder and
>>>>> you get a
>>>>> BT phone jack and an RJ-45 lead which you need to plug into a router?
>>>>>
>>>>> If that is the case my Netgrar ADSL2+ router already comes with a WAN
>>>>> socket
>>>>> and I should be okay, but I'm just checking.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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