Greetings

Tired of the wireless weak signal and speed , decided to link up my router in the living hall to my room using LAN cable

Quite noob at this LAN thing , so what do I need to buy ?

Type of cables? brand ? any accessories needed ?

Thanks

p/s Any seller in Lowyat ?

LoL get a repeater or a mikrotik router la.

with the recent brawl.............i would avoid lolyat

just get Cat5e....as home user any brand is ok. just choose the price and length u need. thats all

Cable speed is the best ? am I right or ...

Get a LAN Cable with connector type RJ-45, if you're already having Unifi at home, it usually already provided you a router.

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/network.../bldef_rj45.htm

Basically, you don't have to buy anything except a very long LAN cable to connect the router (living hall) to your room.

This post has been edited by The Net Surfer: Jul 21 2015, 09:21 PM

Yeah ....wonder Digital Mall Section 14 selling these cables ??

So just Cat5e cables ....roughly how much per meter ?

802.11 is a standard set by IEEE committee, it was later given a common slang name Wi-Fi.
Below are the disadvantages of wireless networks and:
1. Reliability, similar to any radio frequency transmission, wireless networking signals are subject to a wide variety of interference, as well as complex propagation effects that are beyond the control of the network administrator. Unreliable wireless transmission such as 802.11 can be complicated by wireless condition that vary with even small changes in the environment.
“At the frequencies used for 802.11, radio signals can be reflected off solid objects so that multiple echoes of a transmission may reach a receiver along different paths. The echoes can cancel or reinforce each other, causing the received signal to fluctuate greatly. This phenomenon is called multipath fading.”
Therefore, its dependability is low and susceptible to interference such as radio signal, radiation and any other type of interference that may cause a wireless network to malfunction.
2. Security is another issue when having wireless network connection, because of it doesn’t require a wire between a computer and the internet connection, and thus it is possible for hacker who are within range to intercept an unprotected connection. Wireless networks may choose to utilize some of the various encryption technologies available such as WEP, WPA 2, etc. However, some of the more common encryption methods are known to have weaknesses that a dedicated adversary can compromise. There are happened cases where hacker fake an Access Point by turning the PC into a router to lure the wireless user into the connection, user name and password was gained by that way.
3. Speed is one of the disadvantage for wireless networks connection.
“The speed on most wireless networks (typically 1-54 Mbps) is far slower than even the slowest common wired networks (100Mbps up to several Gbps). However, in specialized environments, the throughput of a wired network might be necessary.”
Although there is emerging newer standard of 802.11ac, and it has theoretical speed compare to 1 Gbps Ethernet but all Wi-Fi systems suffer from speed drop-off and interference in the way of the signal. Realistically speaking, 1 Gbps Ethernet cable is readily available. Thus Ethernet is faster than wireless networks.

It's one of my assignment question from the past Semester, I just copy and paste. Pardon me if it's a bit too long and not adjusted to your understanding.

okie ....thanks for the info

So just buy Cat5e cables with RJ 45 connector and I am done ....

reply liao like no reply

topkek.

keep it simple....if your surrounding area have alot of solid structure such as brick wall/cement wall/ reinforce wall.....it will be difficult for wi-fi signal to penetrate.

if keen on using wi-fi as sole connection....all gotta do is get a strong wireless router so does the receiver side must have a strong receiver dongle.

which still back to how much u willing to spend

Just bought online at Lelong dot com ...30m Cat5e for RM26 ....

Hope can get my maximum speed VIP50 if not really regret upgrading

it looks like u really damn far from the router.....or u do routing thats why need 30m

it should be full speed ahead for you once the cable arrive.

if you really have concern......CAT6 is the deal but as end user i dont recommend wasting so much money

Actually not that far but thought buy longer for future use

alright guys ..thanks for all the info , will update my speed once everything is in order ...

This post has been edited by oceanzone: Jul 21 2015, 10:07 PM

I'll only recommend up to 20 meter for the best speeds. 30 meter max.
If you want some spare cables and can make your own, call me. i have some leftover and can sell to you for cheap.

This post has been edited by VinluV: Jul 22 2015, 02:14 PM

Happy to report