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Garden wifi

by Stug77 in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎26-08-2023 20h58
‎26-08-2023 20h58
...ccess point in garden room using a powerline adapter. (Although on different consumer units it worked ok)  Now with SH2 the slave will not work. I can't connect or when it does there is no Internet....
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  • ...nd garden.
  • @dave44 since changing hub and service the powerline isn't working in garden.   

Full fibre cable laying in garden

by Mattiesmomma in BT Fibre broadband
‎03-02-2024 0h26
‎03-02-2024 0h26
Hi we have noticed our neighbours who have full fibre installed via openreach that the ducting containg the fibre cables has been fitted under a single layer of chippings say 2 cm and have noticed ov...
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  • ...rench up the front garden not in a straight line lol but that will settle.   How deep did you lay t...
  • @Mattiesmomma  Its not BT Retail that provide the external network, its Openreach. https:/...

Issue with Garden Room and Ethernet cable

by wyattjnr in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎19-09-2024 9h56
‎19-09-2024 9h56
Hello everyone.  So we have just had a garden room built at the end of the garden and as part of the spec we had an ethernet cable  run the length of the garden to the garden room to p...
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  • ...nternet in the garden room and can finally make it a useable room! Thanks again
  • Thanks for the response. My thought was faulty cable to garden room but the electrician has t...
  • Yes, straight from the router in house, through the wall (no socket in place), down the garden a...
  • ...he Hub.  Then the black cable comes out of Port 1 in the hub through the wall, along the garden...
  • Yes the ethernet cable from router to laptop works so it should work from port in garden room to l...
  • Provide an image of how you are connecting your device in the garden room .
  • Yes, that explains a lot. Can you take a photo of the garden room end ?
  • Just turned power off to the garden room and internet still doesn't work.  This is so f...
  •     So this is what I have in the house, the ethernet cable in Port 1 goes to the garden...

Garden office and WiFI

by Dega12 in Archive Staging
‎20-08-2021 13h22
‎20-08-2021 13h22
I am on Fibre with BT Halo 2 and have the complete WiFi package - with one extra disc get good coverage inside. For the garden office would I be better b...
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  • ...ts worth experimenting with that first, before looking at other options for now. Depending on the Garden...
  • ...ne in the garden in a waterproof box (not showerproof) that cost £15, screwed it to the garden w...
  • ...tairs on the window sill  to get to the garden . all works fine and my neighbour is quite j...

Garden Office WiFi

by Smith824ms in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎10-02-2023 6h39
‎10-02-2023 6h39
Hi - Sorry I'm not great with technology, but Ive just had installed a Smart Hub 2 with Full Fibre 500 and have a garden workshop / office around 30FT away. In your experience should I get a good w...
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  • @Smith824ms  Welcome to this user forum for BT Retail phone and broadband customers. Using...

Cable in garden

by Duncj1 in Archive Staging
‎08-03-2021 8h16
‎08-03-2021 8h16
I am converting a farm building. My builder dug up and damaged an elderly cable and hub. It was not on the bt map. An openreach engineer fixed the cable and draped it over the adjoining fence where t...
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  • @Duncj1 wrote: There are no connections - we unearthed this old cable and it turns out to provid...

Connecting and setting up internet to garden offic...

by williboy in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎08-01-2024 19h01
‎08-01-2024 19h01
Hello I have BT superfast broadband at my house and I want to set up and connect a second router in the garden office. In the house I have a BT Smart Hub 2:  router but I  have bought a...
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  • Thank you for your reply. The reason I want a router in the garden office is to allow me to have t...
  • ...re running to the garden office into the Ethernet Switch then connect your PCs and Printer to the E...
  • Either solution will provide that. The only reason to use a router is to repurpose a device you a...

Unlawful pole erected in my garden

by maggie39 in Archive Staging
‎30-04-2021 13h47
‎30-04-2021 13h47
I applied for High Speed Broadband to the Premises in November 2020.  Still waiting.  When I was out yesterday a gang arrived and installed a pole in front of my Listed Building.  All ...
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  • I would suggest you try contacting the local planning authority to let them know the pole has been ...

Adding another Router to a FTTP Smart Hub 2 to add...

by edavsto in Home setup, Wi-Fi & network discussions
‎16-03-2023 17h18
‎16-03-2023 17h18
Hi community, I'm in the process of building a granny annex in the garden and the family will need wifi and TV connectivity so tried to simply request additional BT TV boxes but apparently the max y...
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  • ...onnect it. You could use any switch (or even a hub) at the garden annex end to connect the Wifi disc(s) a...
  • ...etween the main house SH2 (front of house) to the garden annex will be some 60m away through the m...
  • The models @Keith_Beddoe  suggested don't have extra Ethernet ports. I would normally recommen...

How to improve wifi signal to a summer house in th...

by RichardL2 in Archive Staging
‎31-03-2021 10h45
‎31-03-2021 10h45
We have recently had a wooden summer house installed in our garden - about 10m from the main house. The wifi signal we get in there from our home broadband is ok but we want to improve it so we can s...
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  • ...ympathise with your predicament as I have a garden office and a good internet speed is difficult to o...
  • You can only connect one extender to the router with multiple slaves. In theory extenders of the sa...
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