No I'm afraid you're wrong there too. I don't know where you're getting your information from, but we had an NTE master socket on the hall in the ground floor and an extension socket in the first floor study. We asked BT to come out and shift the NTE upstairs and they 'moved' the NTE into where the extension was so that I had one socket upstairs, and not one nte and one 'deactivated one' as you suggest, and he even fitted my clarity faceplate filter when I asked the chap. You're right on the price however, it was around

Edited by Stabilo (Sat 20-Jan-07 08:40:21)

Ok to get this straight, I can have an NTE move and will he use the existing wiring?

If he uses the existing wiring isnt that just the same as me plugging into an extention? I.E. will I see any benefit from an NTE move?

And apologies to the previous poster to you for not using the exact technical terms and being an expert in everything.

I don't know whether you'll see a benefit or not, but he'll take away the nte socket from where it is and move it to where you want it so that you have one less socket on the line.

I suppose one socket is better than two when it comes to these things to perhaps you will see a benefit I don't rightly know.

To most this may seem as if I am being a wee bit anal, but, the line stats are so bad where I currently am (and will be when I move), that I barely get 3meg here and it will be less there, so, any little improvement should help a lot

So what you are saying is that his existing NT1 socket that is linked to the extention wiring will be turned into his NTE?

I am saying my extension socket was turned into my NTE because that's what I asked for. I don't know what will happen with his but it is reasonable to infer that if they did it for me on my request they may do it for him.

I don't know what an NT1 socket is, it's a term I've never heard used, and I don't know where you're getting your information from.

I think the easiest solutuion is to go for the powerline option.

Checking out the mains option I have stumbled accross two Netgear products.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-111-NG

and

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-113-NG

I want to connect:

ADSL router - In living room
Media Centre PC - In different part of living room
Gigabit Switch - In computer room with 4 machines connected to it

Initially I thought I would just need three Netgear HDX101's but now I note the XE102 Powerline Ethernet Bridge which specifically mentions internet connections.

Now I am totally confused, do I buy two HDX101's and one XE102 or three HDX101's.

Anyone?

Anyone got any thoughts?

I would buy three of the same type to ensure they'll talk to each other, but as far as the ethernet side of things goes, ethernet is ethernet and if you plug your router into one of them you'll be able to connect your pc to the other, regardless of which models you are using, and regardless of whether the marketing spiel mentions internet connection specifically or not.

Looks to me like the only difference is QoS for streaming HD content, so if that's important to you choose that model.