RobMk6 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Anybody in the know about the following, if i could have some information I'd much appreciate it as i have found tonnes of stuff on google and such but none of it very relevant to my situation...... I Recently moved into a massive house on a working farm as the farm owner split from his wife, didn't see the point in heating such a large house just for him so moved into a log cabin he built in the woods next to the farm buildings. The electric from all the farm buildings, his cabin etc run straight from the distribution board in the house..... Its the same situation with the PHONE line, he's basically jus tapped into the phone line in the house and run an "extension" down to his cabin and farm buildings. Due to this the electric is included in my rent.... but i've not thought of the phone.... He has said he has broadband and if i can pick up a signal i can use it..... no such luck as his router is too far away. i have my own router though, so can i just plug this into a phone socket and use that?in essence can 2 separate routers be run off the same line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoishikawa Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 no you can just plug your router into the line, one phone line one router..... only way you can get broadband is to get cable(virgin) or get a dongle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMk6 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Would it work if his was switched off? I know he switches all mains appliances off before he goes to bed? so if after his is switched off, could i switch mine on and have it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I'm guessing this switchboard he has going, must have a testing socket. So in effect, if you unplug his phone line then you can plug a phone/router in and have it work. But then you need his broadband details... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Would it work if his was switched off? I know he switches all mains appliances off before he goes to bed? so if after his is switched off, could i switch mine on and have it work? It would depend on who the ISP is. Have you thought about a range extender, or even run a CAT3 cable back from his router/switch to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Would it work if his was switched off? I know he switches all mains appliances off before he goes to bed? so if after his is switched off, could i switch mine on and have it work? provided that the router is setup with the same login details and filtered correctly ECT then id say yes so long as hisis not powered and synced up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I'd go with the long cable plugges into his router and coming into the house (not sure how expensive that will be) may be cheaper just to get a dongle from a mobile phone network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMk6 Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Well i've already got a huge length of Ethernet cable from a house i was in years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Well i've already got a huge length of Ethernet cable from a house i was in years ago. Sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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