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The transition from Be to BT has gone pretty painlessly - I didn't even have to reconfigure the network printer settings, which is something I was dreading; things seem to be generally faster, though it's still setting down. So I've downloaded the BT app for the iPad so I can go on line via any BT hotspot - is there something equivalent for my iBook, or do I have to do something from the browser?

The only problem so far is that I can't seem to get into the hub (homehub 4) to check its settings - when I try bthomehub.home, which is supposed to be its URL, I get a not found error. Anyone got any alternatives?

and as if by magic, just tried that again and it's working!

later Thursday morning, and speed is 21.5 download, 7.5 upload, which is pretty good considering I'm not doing many of the things that need that sort of performance. Hopefully it'll stay OK.

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pauldormer.livejournal.com

My hub is downstairs and my desktop computer is upstairs, and I was finding speeds upstairs over wi-fi about half what I was getting on my netbook downstairs. Last week invested in a set of homeplugs to run a network over my mains and that seems to have upped the speed upstairs. Also means I can connect my Sky box directly to the internet which gives me a few extra goodies. For a start, having failed to notice Only Connect had restarted this week, I can download it from the BBC iPlayer to my Sky box, instead of having to watch it on my netbook connected to my TV.

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ffutures.livejournal.com

Video really pushes the boundaries of Wifi - it can be done, but it isn't easy and the results are rarely good. I haven't tried any of the "network through the mains" devices; they were rubbish and very slow when I originally played with networking, and as you may have noticed, my flat is shabby enough that a network cable here and there doesn't bother me much. If I ever get around to redecorating I might try to do things a bit more neatly.

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pauldormer.livejournal.com

Indeed, I was meaning to add that in your flat homeplugs would not be necessary, but I was thinking more of the size of the place. I reckon I'd need a 30m ethernet cable to get from my hub to the desktop upstairs, and have to tack it to the skirting board.

The connection on my desktop is shown as 100Mbs in Windows task manager, and I just ran the BT speed test which claimed 49Mbs download speed, which is probably adequate for me for a while.

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ffutures.livejournal.com

Cabling between floors is always a bit of a pain, unless you're really lucky with layout. I haven't even tried it here as yet; I sometimes check my email or read fanfic in bed, but wifi is fine for that.