Barry wrote, On 11/08/2012 11:52 AM:
She has asked if I can reposition my box elsewhere in the house away
from the cable & modem.
This will require a wifi system being installed. I think I need a
wireless modem, and a wifi card to insert into the box. This is a
common setup for most of you but I have no experience in this area.
The modem supplied by Telstra is a Surfboard with 1 ethernet port and
1 usb port.
Advice on what I need will be appreciated.
I recommend you install a wire from the cablemodem to whereever you want
the other bits.
Wireless is great for phones and the odd laptop, but for infrastructure
wires win the day every time.
Another option is to move the incoming cable to another location. This
is generally quite easy to do yourself as long as the plug on the cable
goes back through the hole in the floor.
It may be possible to get telstraclear to do this for you, possibly at a
cost.
If you have to do what you're asking then you need two wireless access
points in bridge mode, or one ethernet-based router with wireless plus a
wireless card for your PC. There will still be kit located at the
cablemodem though.
Make sense?
--
Craig Falconer
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