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  1. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    I'm not replacing appliances, spending $6k on new. Re devices everything can go wireless (except for NAS and TV), would just prefer to wire things that go to the office (PC/laptop/360) and the TV room (TV, 360, HTIB, U-Verse, NAS) as far as budget goes, I really don't have one. I'm...
  2. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    thanks - so apparently there is a version that sells for $9 more that has a metal exterior and won't overheat as much - how do you feel about that? I really need to buy another router here in the next couple weeks and my budget is woefully overstretched with appliances, decks and moving...
  3. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    looking to buy a couple pieces of equipment for new house - trouble is I really don't know what I'm buying. I need to translate the AT&T modem into four separate ethernet ports : two for WAPs, two for wired access. Do I need routers or switches for wired access? looking at this which...
  4. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    Nope. Nearest terminal is a quarter mile to the south and they will not run a line to me.
  5. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    I think you may have misread my comments - I went to Comcast last May - there is no Comcast service in my new neighborhood and they have no plans to bring it there.
  6. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    in an UNBELIEVABLE stroke of good luck we ran into the AT&T guys while we had our walkthrough today. They were gameplanning how they were going to get us service because contrary to what the phone people said there are not AT&T wires ANYWHERE NEAR the premises currently. But they reassured...
  7. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    not sure if I let on that I am moving out of suburbia but we are in fact right in the middle of suburbia :) We're moving from Schererville, IN to St. John, IN - both are outlying suburbs in the Chicago area to the southeast. My hope is that we get through these first two years with U-Verse...
  8. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    Steve thanks for sharing your experiences. Unfortunately there are no other choices so even if I hate it, my alternative is to get nothing. I know that cable is better but if its not there...
  9. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    well I've already signed up for the service so it's a bit hard to "negotiate" anything now. so I had my mom take a picture of the back of her box and she is getting signal to her TV box through a coax cable so that gives me hope that it is a possibility. I'll give them a call on Friday and...
  10. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    my service will be fiber to the premises which according to them is the best that they offer. I haven't decided yet but I'm thinking about dedicating one of the ethernet wires in the kitchen to be a dedicated phone line for the base station - I still have the problem of how to hook up the TV...
  11. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    well this may sound a bit weird but before yesterday I had nothing, no phone, no internet, no TV so at the moment I'm quite literally jumping up and down with excitement.
  12. jcwillia1

    New House Network Design - UVerse ISP

    I've posted here on this topic before but we're moving into a new house in a few weeks and I just found out yesterday that U-Verse (fiber to the premises) is available so we signed up for the whole kit and kaboodle. So I know they are going to set me up with their uber shirtty modem (pardon my...
  13. jcwillia1

    Mesh vs redundant WAP routers

    Seems like the Cisco is the better way to go, yes? Three of those? I'm not buying today but just as a point of comparison.
  14. jcwillia1

    Mesh vs redundant WAP routers

    he quoted the price at $85 each for thing that receives/transmits/retransmits signal and like $15-$20 each for power adapters.
  15. jcwillia1

    Mesh vs redundant WAP routers

    Doesn't seem cost effective at $300 for a full setup.
  16. jcwillia1

    Mesh vs redundant WAP routers

    Just watched Geekbeat.tv's review of OpenMesh's system of devices. http://geekbeat.tv/editors-choice-open-mesh-wifi-network-for-large-homes-and-small-businesses/ This guy seems to be head over heels in love with this family of devices but he also seems to have ethernet ports in every place...
  17. jcwillia1

    Locating the WAP in a new house

    doesn't that require a certain type of ethernet wire? I don't have an option on the type of wires (unless I pull new ones after construction which I don't want to do).
  18. jcwillia1

    Locating the WAP in a new house

    HUGE Thank you for this - I had completely forgotten that all my routers/switches/access points would require power. Since I was able to address it now I was able to add it for very little cost.
  19. jcwillia1

    Locating the WAP in a new house

    sorry, my cross reaction is frustration as everyone always assumes that since it's a new house, I can do whatever I want and then I always have to go back and correct them. It's been a point of some frustration with me. I'll take the advice of adding a centrally located ethernet and power...
  20. jcwillia1

    Locating the WAP in a new house

    no I'm afraid I did not explain my situation correctly. this is a spec home builder which means that every change costs a truckload of money - even stupid stuff like running ethernet wires. I do not have the ability to influence any of the wiring or tag them. I had to make a lot of sacrifices...
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