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House full of access points - how to use?

  • 20-02-2013 4:44pm
    #1
    Petroglyph
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭


    Need some help please,

    I'm installing a UPC bundle tonight in the new house. The house has access points (cable and network) in all of the rooms, with a junction box in the attic. THe home pc is going into one of the rooms upstairs and I'm trying to figure out how I can hardwire it to my router while having the router downstairs in the living room - can this be done using access points/junction box?


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  • #2
    icdg
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,931 Mod ✭✭✭✭icdg


    "Hardwire" it? Do you mean connect it by ethernet?

    UPC usually assume you're going to be connecting your PCs to the router via Wi-Fi TBH. But there are four ethernet ports on the back of the router I have so that may do the job for you.


  • #3
    Aka Ishur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 740 ✭✭✭Aka Ishur


    Presuming that the access points are set up properly to your router you'll need to just use one of the ethernet ports on the upc router to link to the 'internet' port of the router. Then just put the upc router into bridge mode.


  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,532 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    OP, if all you want is to connect one PC to the router via cabling (and use Wi-Fi for laptops and handheld devices) then the simplest way to do it is to patch the port near the PC to the port beside the router, that means that you get a short (1m or less) Ethernet cable (known as a patch cable), bring it to the attic and use it to directly connect the port coming from the PC wall point to the point coming from the point beside the router. Then connect one of the four Ethernet ports on the back of the router to the network wall point and connect the Ethernet port on the PC to the network wall point nearby.

    That would bypass the hub if there is one, you would then have the PC connected directly to the router. If you want the other ports around the house to be live and connected to the router then you would have to use the hub and that would be more complicated, maybe some posters who know more about networks could help you if that's what you want but if the PC is the only device you want to be directly connected then I'd go as above and let everything else connect via Wi-Fi.


  • #5
    Petroglyph
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Petroglyph


    Perfect - thanks folks.

    That patch cable sounds exactly what I'm looking for.


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