Alex, another option would be to use one or more wireless extenders.

I installed one of these for one of my customers recently (in a listed building with ridiculously thick walls) and it works great:

Netgear WN2000RPT WiFi Range Extender

Unlike typical extenders that only work with a CAT5 cable connecting both of them, this one works completely wirelessly.

It's about £60-£70 from what I remember.

Hardwire it all the way, just be careful how close to twin and earth you run it.

Plus side on using apple express is they can be used as wireless speaker points too

Internet incoming won't be 100Mpbs anyway so that would be fine to network the place.

Gigabit would be nice but you'll need another switch. That does mean you can transfer files between computers faster though, which if you're downloading on one computer and viewing on another is fairly necessary.

Go apple.

Get an Airport Extreme. Then get some air express.

Stick a Gig network in? But only if the devices that connect to it can run at the gig speeds but i think a 10/100 would be fine, you wont need the bandwidth?

Cat5 runs can be upto a 100m so that makes no difference, Yeah just get a wall socket but if its for your lounge you can get smarter ones than that.

[Edited on 22-05-2011 by Nismo]

Thats what option 2 is, but as stated, dont mind doing the cable work as the house is very easy to work on / put sockets in.

Just want the quickest possible internet on all options I guess....

Homeplug?

Fair enough, that answers that. Will get one of those dLan things to boost wireless though.

Will it not be slower due to using around 30M of cable? Over the "500mpbs" dLan product mentioned above?

Would it just be a standard cat5 wall plate i'd have to use?

Something like this in the main room;

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=rKw&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=rj45+wall+plate&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=4845444600828150284&sa=X&ei=3X_ZTfbWGdCu8QOwzNWDBQ&ved=0CHkQ8gIwAg#

And singles for the Internet TV's?

[Edited on 22-05-2011 by Whittie]

If you can get in the walls I would wire it.

Hardwire all day long!

Only 1 phone socket in the house, which is one of the new open-reach ones. More could be installed if needbe...

Right, a simple wireless router simply will not suffice for what I need. Signal is terrible in rooms upstairs, due to it being a large house.

So; Here's a pic of the equipment needed to connect to the net.



Media off a network harddrive would have to be streamed at a fairly high rate, as there are blu-rays on there etc to watch. Also need a decent connection for the internet tv's as iPlayer HD will be streamed quite regularly.

Options;

1: Run Ethernet cables round the house, up the floors and have sockets in the walls for everything needed, and a wireless booster of some kind. Cost - Probably no more than £200, and would look very tidy.

2: Some dLAN equipment; http://www.devolo.co.uk/ - Cost - Probably around £200 again. Wouldn't know what I needed though, and don't know if the plug socket stuff is actually any good..? Was thinking that 500mbps Lan, for the internet tvs and the network hd, and then a "200 AV Wireless N"

Which would be better in the long run? I'm not bothered about putting the cable in, it wouldn't take long, as there is a cellar, and a decent loft to work in.

What would you do? Or even an option 3...? I'm leaning towards option 2 at the minute, as the stream rate would work nicely.

Thanks for any help :thumbs: