Great replies from you both, thank you very much. Sam, in addition to your IT talents it would appear that you are also a mind-reader! I was thinking to do away with a run of cable by using powerline adaptors, depends on the final position of the TC.
Best wishes, Mark On 29 Apr, 08:50, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark > > If you've got the Virgin Media cable mode already connected to the Time > Capsule and you're going to hide an ethernet cable to allow the TC to be > moved, why not just use the hidden cable to connect the cable modem and the > TC? There's no need to introduce an additional router unless you need to > maintain two separate networks, separating the n capable equipment onto its > own network. > > Also, instead of laying ethernet cable around your house you could use > powerline networking equipment to bridge the connection via the power sockets > in your wall, which are already connected via cable. There are gigabit > capable powerline kits but with n speeds you'd only need 300mbps max. > > To put the TC into bridge mode, open the Airport Utility and select manual > setup on the TC, go to Internet > IP address distribution > Set to Off > (Bridge Mode) > > To put the Virgin Media router in bridge mode go tohttp://192.168.1.1(by > default, unless it's been changed) and log in with admin/password (default) > > go to LAN Setup > untick Use DHCP server > click Apply. > > Just don't set both devices to bridge! > > Regards > > Sam > > providing affordable Apple & PC services > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
