One last go today at getting a new wire down and it is hopeless! The plasterboard is simply stuck onto the wall, and no matter how I try to get down I am kneee deep in the stuff.
So, on to the telephone wire - BUT as a Bank Holiday interlude I have moved the 3Com wireless router into the attic to check the 'basic' wifi signal from an elevated position.
Now, apologies for mixing threads here, but I recall someone telling me 'elsewhere' that mixing a PC Card from one manufacturer (Asus) with a router (3Com) will not give good results. Indeed I have a 'poor' signal strength with that config. Oddly my laptop (HP with OEM wifi) gives a good signal alongside the PC and shows 'good' (3/5 bars) right out to my gate a few dozen feet away. Perhaps the Asus card is rubbish? Anyone any opinions of Asus? Are we that flakey in this wireless world? Should I bother to put a 3Com card in instead of the Asus?
NB I will be trying the telephone wire connection soon but am at 'half-way house' at the moment.
