So you have set up that swanky new home office at great expense and now you have realised the internet is flaky at best, and non existent at worse. So, how can we get the Internet from the box that BT or Sky or Virgin gave you to your new office. Well, let me give you 3 options.
If you have ever called your internet provider to whinge about the fact that your WiFi doesn't reach where you want it to reach then often they will offer to send you an adapter to fix it. What they will send is a powerline adapter.
There are lots of advantages of using powerline adapters but also lots of disadvantages. The main advantages are that they are cheap, costing as little as £40 in some cases, and they are very easy to set up. Sounds perfect!
However, as usual in life, let's get on to the disadvantages. They only work sometimes and when they do work, they are only ok. If you have perfect conditions then powerline adapters work great, giving you great speeds and reliability with no problems but conditions are very often not perfect.
Often home offices are somewhere out of the way. In the loft or the garden shed or the back bedroom. This is great for peace and quiet but not always great for a stable WiFi connection. This is something we at Yorkshire Home Networks can fix!
By running a wire from your existing router to somewhere else in your property and then adding a device called a WiFi access point we can add WiFi coverage to any area.
Modern WiFi access points are often the perfect way to extend WiFi around the home as so many of our devices connect wirelessly. A modern WiFi access point from a company like Ubiquity will totally outperform your current internet router.
In almost every medium to large office environment in the country you will find a socket to plug your computer into via a wire. This is an ethernet network and is the gold standard for any office and also the best option for most home offices.
Another benefit of ethernet is that the connection is more reliable. However good your WiFi, sometimes devices lose the signal so a wired connection is always best.
At Yorkshire Home Networks we can design and install your network with no fuss and no mess. Why not give Paul a call on 07958 792048 or send us a message via our contact page.