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1932ford
03-07-2015, 10:47 AM
ok ,,i understand that about the hub or switch but my Modem and Router and Hub are all upstairs with one computer and a mag 254 all connected by hard wire also downstairs in the living room i have a 360 elite and a mag 254 and in my bedroom downstairs I have a second computer and a 360 elite and a mag 254 all hardwire but in order to watch either the 360 elite or the mag 254 i have to keep switching out the cat 5 cable from one to the other , i dont want to run seperate 100 foot cat 5 cables again from up stairs to downstairs and for some reason i can not get my wifi adapters to work i have bought 2 USB 2.0 wireless 802.lln adapters but for some reason they wont connect ,,so i am asking some one with the knowlege if they know what i can do ,,,so if i can run a nother hub where would it go thank you

4wheelin
03-07-2015, 11:30 AM
i use netgear wireless adapters ,they work good here.

1932ford
03-07-2015, 11:55 AM
4wheelin,,, what model number

4wheelin
03-07-2015, 12:11 PM
im useing the xe105 ,had them along time now.

firstforme
03-07-2015, 12:26 PM
I have an androuid tv box, 360 elite, internet phone, my pc and wife pc with nothing wireless. My elete, android tv box, and phone are close to my router and use 3 of the ports for them. I have 1 powerline connected to the 4th post with a second powerline connected to my pc and one powerline upstairs where my wife runs her computer. One powerline acts as a sending unit and any connected to another device acts as a receiver. Have no connection problems and all mine are connected with cat5.

wee-haggis
03-07-2015, 02:12 PM
the Ralink RT5370 chipset works well (I use this on both Jynxbox STB and Mag 254)

moskivb
03-07-2015, 02:39 PM
STB MAG200 MAG250 and MAG 254 supports the following Wi-Fi adapters:

Model Chipset Revision/Notes

ASUS USBN13 Ralink RT3072 revision B1 is not supported
DLink DWA125 Ralink RT3070 H/W Ver.: A1, A2
Ralink RT5370 after release release-0.2.12)
Edimax EW-7711UAN Ralink RT3070
Tenda W311MI Ralink RT5370 after release release-0.2.12
TPLINK TLWN727N Ralink RT3070 after release release-0.2.12
Dune HD Air Ralink RT3070 after release release-0.2.12

Marley
03-07-2015, 04:00 PM
65 ft away wireless on cheap knock-off 4 buck on ebay

highdensity
03-07-2015, 05:28 PM
You can use an Ethernet switch like this and you don't need to go wireless. A hardwired Ethernet connection is best for streaming anyways.
Just plug your one Ethernet cable into the switch and now you have multiple ports.
hxxp://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-SF1005D-5-port-100Mbps-Desktop/dp/B000FNFSPY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1425749026&sr=1-1&keywords=4+port+ethernet+switch

Bkman2020
03-07-2015, 06:33 PM
I perfered wired but if you have a long run wireless is the way to go.

1932ford
03-09-2015, 06:58 PM
I want to say thank you to all who responded to my question ,,,,With all the bad luck i had with this WIFI USB 2.0 wireless 802.lln adapters I think I will try this TP-LINK-TL-SF1005D-5-port-100Mbps and see how this works , I just dont want to run 2 more lines of 100 foot cat 5 cable ....

1932ford
03-11-2015, 04:36 AM
just want to say thank you to all for the help ..i did buy another switch and now i do have this problem hard wired to the switch and it works perfectly ,,i could not ask for anything better ..WIFI i dont need it ,,this works better for my situation again thank you ...