I have just taken delivery of a Virgin 'Super Hub' VMDG480 which handles
a 30Mb connection and combines features of
- Cable modem
- Wireless Router with 4 gigabyte Ethernet RJ45 connections
my current set up is
Virgin (Ambit) Cable Modem
-> Belkin F6D4230 wireless router (HS-Net) [also DHCP server]
-> Netgear FS108 switch (legacy kit + network printers)
-> wired connection to local Desktops including my wife's (HP) at the
other end of the house (18-20m).
The wireless connections to the other end of the house (25-30m) are
sometimes marginal (old brick walls!).
The super-hub would normally replace the Modem & wireless router but
looking at the forums the wireless performance is not very good and I
therefore have doubts on whether the super-hub wireless connection will
work properly (thus upsetting 11 year old grand-daughter who uses it
intensively).
I wonder whether the following configuration would work :
Super-Hub
- new wireless network (New-Net)
-> local Desktop (mine)
-> Netgear switch as above
-> connection (using existing Ethernet cable)
to Belkin router near my wife's computer
-> old wireless connection (HS-Net)
-> wife's HP
This would involve
a. having 2 wireless networks using same external connection
b. using an old (RJ45) Ethernet cable to connect Super-hub to Belkin router.
The alternative is not to use the super-hub's wireless at all.
If they can understand this has anyone any comments ?
cheers
Iain Simpson