phone outlet on one floor and PC on another

[maggiel50]

I am going to be moving soon and renting an older house with very few outlets. The phone outlet is on one floor but I shall be using the computer on another floor . How can I get internet this way?

[imjolly]

as hub will be connected to the phone socket then if you use powerline adapters - one connected to electrical socket beside hub and connected to hub with ethernet connection and the other powerline adapter connected to an electrical socket beside pc and then pc connected to powerline adapter with ethernet cable

probably tplink powerline adapter will suffice

[licquorice]

Have a look at

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/powerline/

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/powerline/tl-wpa4220-kit/

will probably suffice

[maggiel50]

Thank you. Unfortunately there is no power socket near where the hub would be connected to the phone socket

[licquorice]

So how are you going to power the hub?

[maggiel50]

Good question. The only power socket in the room is nowhere near the phone socket. I will have to talk to the landlord and hopefully persuade him to have another socket installed!

[gg30340]

You could use the TP Link TL PA4010PKIT passthrough powerline adaptors which would allow you use another device plugged into the same socket as the powerline adaptor.

Or if you are plugging the hub into the telephone socket on the ground floor it may be that you will get the wifi signal at your PC on the other floor.

If your PC does not have a wireless connection you can buy wifi dongle for about £10 or £15. This plugs into a USB port on your PC and gives it wifi capability.

If that doesn't work because of a weak wifi signal you could use a wifi powerline adaptor kit such as the TP Link TL-WPA8631P AV1300 kit.  Bcause it is transmitting a wifi signal the powerline slave adaptor does not need to in the same room as the PC which means it could be plugged into an electrical socket in another room freeing up the one(s) in the PC room.

This is a "pass through" powerline adaptor kit which allows it to be plugged into an electrical socket and another electrical appliance can then be plugged into it allowing for the socket to still be used by another device. 

[Crimliar]

Personal experience is that powerline adapters tend not to like the wiring in older houses so WiFi even using a dongle may be a better option.  Also worth realising that in older properties with solid walls WiFi often propagates through floorboards and joists better than through the walls!

[maggiel50]

Thanks