Hi @Pash02
Or this one: TalkTalk Wi-Fi extender.
The TalkTalk device has one Ethernet port and a dual band Wi-Fi network for wire-free connection of Wi-Fi devices. To get a 35% TalkTalk customer discount on the normal £85 price, please enter the following discount code on the checkout page: EXTENDTT18
Hi Pash02
The Powerline Adaptors (PLA's) you've indicated have 2 Ethernet ports. Your son will be able to connect up just 2 wired devices. More devices to wire up means getting an Ethernet switch in addition to the PLA.
I am so glad i asked on here as @Gondola has mentioned the wifi extender kit
I have just realised what it does so i dont think i need the Powerline now (money saved phew)
Please say i am correct 🙂
this is an old photo and the cable is NOT like that now
Thanks everyone
...Nice one Pash02
Always nice to find a money-saving solution and even better when it's a better way of using what you've got.
The Wi-Fi extender has one Ethernet port for a wired device and 2 Wi-Fi networks to connect devices without wires. Use the 5GHz network for the higher speed / bandwidth requirements like video downloads / streaming. But there's also the 2GHz network as well.
...Just as you can with the TalkTalk router you can give each Wi-Fi network different names (SSID's). This enables your son to decide which is the optimum network to use with each device and to share out the use between the 2 networks.
I'd suggest giving the Wi-Fi networks offered by the Wi-Fi extender different names to the networks used at your router. For the 2GHz network it's useful to use a wireless network analyser or app to find the least used Wi-Fi channel(s) and set the primary channel to one that your own router is not using.
For example, if your router is using channel 1 (and 20MHz bandwidth) then set the Wi-Fi extender to use channel 11 (subject to what other homes around you have set their Wi-Fi networks to use.)
Hi Pash02
Split your router's SSID (wireless network name) is the article you need for setting router SSID's to be unique to each band. It's similar for the Wi-Fi adaptor.
Wi-Fi Extender Kit guide will guide you to set up the PowerLine Adaptors (PLA's) to clone the Wi-Fi networks from the router. Which is ok so long as there's no mutual interference. But I prefer to use completely separate SSID's so long as there are channels available to use. The prime channels to select in the 2.4GHz band are 1 or 6 or 11 as most routers will be set up to use those to minimise mutual interference from overlapping channels.
