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LR1982
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11 months ago
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WiFi on a separate electricity circuit?

Hi,    Looking for help please on the best way to get wifi in our garden building which is on a separate electricity circuit. We moved house about a year ago and moved BT with us but the speeds jus...
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    Client62
    10 months ago

    Remove the VM Pod from the end of the cable at the shed and attach your laptop to confirm the cable is working.

    I have recently read a post on forum saying the Black VM pods can work over a network cable as a back haul,
    but I have not seen the same for the White Pods & they have been around for much longer.

    I'd replace the VM Pod in the shed with a retail Wi-Fi Access Point or better a retail Wi-Fi Router configured in Access Point mode so as to have Wi-Fi & network sockets. Having you own Wi-Fi kit is so much more flexible because you can configure it as needed.

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Alessandro Volta
10 months ago

Remove the VM Pod from the end of the cable at the shed and attach your laptop to confirm the cable is working.

I have recently read a post on forum saying the Black VM pods can work over a network cable as a back haul,
but I have not seen the same for the White Pods & they have been around for much longer.

I'd replace the VM Pod in the shed with a retail Wi-Fi Access Point or better a retail Wi-Fi Router configured in Access Point mode so as to have Wi-Fi & network sockets. Having you own Wi-Fi kit is so much more flexible because you can configure it as needed.

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    LR1982
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    10 months ago

    Thank you so much, the access point solved the problem 👌