EGHHPETER767 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Advice on above and how we can improve the speed etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted February 27, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2013 what is it you are trying to achieve? just wifi within the bunker or to penetrate through it? the metal reinforcement shouldn't be a problem, it'll just be rebar probably spaced at 100mm intervals (depending on the load/stress it's rated for) so will form too big a gap to have a Faradays Cage effect. concrete thickness? distance trying to cover? wifi generation; a,b,g n or better? Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Mom's basement not secure enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGHHPETER767 Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 It's a 100 sq. mt. house and we have an Apple iMac in one room and a M/S Laptop upstairs and a portable iPad and now a Seagate Go-Flex 3TB back up drive that we can see from anywhere.+ a Apple TV unit (streams to any TV) One site mentioned a "Homeplug" system could help ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted February 27, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2013 I've looked into the homeplug stuff, I've tno tried it yet, but that may well be a good bet. The other alternative is to run ether-cable through to house, which is what I, in the end, will do. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 When hostile drones come over the horizon the first thing they will see will be the concrete bunkers radiating Wi-Fi in all directions. Screened Ether-cable sounds a safer option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted February 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 28, 2013 for me, if there is ever a choice, wired always trumps wireless. if you can run cat5 through the walls/floors that would be my 1st preference. even if it's just to get a wifi access point closer to the devices. if your wifi isn't strong enough to cover your house, look at N300 or N600, RangeBooster or the latest 802.11ac systems, but then you are up for changing all your wifi devices to the new adpaters - not pretty. ethernet-over-power circuit (looks like that's what you guys call homeplug) or range extenders would be other choices. wifi WAN networks are high maintenance and not as secure or reliable as their equivalent ethernet cousins. (imho) Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted February 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted February 28, 2013 ethernet-over-power circuit (looks like that's what you guys call homeplug) ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGHHPETER767 Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thank you folks for your advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGHHPETER767 Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 I think I will have to try the Homeplug option, as we rent here on Crete and I don't fancy cables all around the house (dangerous) Can anyone point me to unbiased reviews of Homeplugs please? We do have telephone socket in all the rooms (does this HELP in any way? Thank you again folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted March 1, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 1, 2013 the telephone ports would be a good option but there will be many hurdles to check out first. telephone jacks are RJ11 or RJ12 whereas ethernet jacks are RJ45. here in OZ, phone cable has 4 wires and only 2 are needed to make a phone connection. ethernet cable has 8 wires arranged in 4 pairs, and you actually only need 3 of those wires to make a LAN connection (wires 2,3 & 5 I think from memory). a lot of Sparkys are using cat5 for both voice and data as it's cheaper, so if your house has 4 wire phone cable or the installer used cat5 for the phones, then you are in luck. I can't comment on the Ethernet-over-power circuit devices as I've never used them, or even seen them in use. it's just too weird to have data and electricity sharing the same line. I also believe both end points have to be on the same electrical circuit breaker. for example, you may have 30 power points in the house but only 5 circuits on the power board. typically, one circuit would have no more than 10 power outlets on it. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 it's just too weird to have data and electricity sharing the same line. Yes, but it would satisfy my thirst for excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted March 1, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 1, 2013 very old article but https://www.pcworld.com/article/85003/article.html amazon users seem to give a lot of EOP 4 stars for whatever that is worth http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_5?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=homeplug&sprefix=homep%2Celectronics%2C510 ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_B Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 amazon users seem to give a lot of EOP 4 stars for whatever that is worth http://www.amazon.co...electronics,510 I also observe that for every two new units on offer at $19.99 there are 17 units that users are off-loading at $7.95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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