Freb
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One of the renotalkers ask me why need to engage people to convert phone points at home to Internet points. I thought I should post something to share since not everyone is tech savvy or geeky like me. New bto had all the whole house wired with LAN(CAT5e/CAT6 supports 1gbps speed) cables. However HDB decided to give us phone socket instead of LAN socket (I assume they think most ppl still prefer to use land line to call). To convert to LAN points, simply get some1 to change the socket. Company like bto networking charges a fee for converting these points. My neighbor did it for me slightly cheaper. Depends on where u wanna place ur router, because of the location of the bomb shelter, most wifi signal can't pass through (a lot of steel inside). Most ppl will place 2 routers at home. One at livingroom n 1 in one of the bedrooms (or my case, 1 wireless router in each room ) If u like to game, then probably prefer to use wired connection (still need to convert to LAN point) For phone line, if u r using those free digital voice from isp, it will be connected to ur modem, most likely place at the db box, some ppl prefer it to be placed else where, that's y there is a service call digital loop back or something. I'm using cordless phone at home, so doesn't matter where the phone is placed. Hope u get a clearer pic, cheers!
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Ya started staying 1 month ago. Everything is great other than the bad telco reception (I complained to them n they give me 6 months 10% off, not that it helps but it's better than nothing till they upgrade the near by cell tower)The hob I'm using is PBD9331SG, in fact I find the flame too strong lol. even when I open the service yard window n strong wind, it doesn't flame out, so works fine for me.
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my mum keep saying her room wireless is slow so i decided to add a router to boost the signal. after 1hr consultation with my expert friend with step by step facetime guide, my network is rewired. Finally it is working the way it should. note that both MBR n parents room router is now set as access point (AP - extension of living room router). now i can access my NAS even when i'm not connected to my living room router.
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another things i wanna share for cabinet design, i asked for 2 big drawers in the kitchen cabinet(for big pots, woks etc), of course with blum hinges. however after started using, we realised one design flaw. the lower drawer was too near to the floor, even with the cabinet footing done. my wife n i had abrasion due to this. only way is to stand far away when opening this drawer. so renotalkers must think twice before doing this kind of layout. good luck!
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although officially taken the flat over from ID, there are still small things need to resolve, like my display cabinet glass couldnt fit, ID was quick to rectify it. next most important item is living tv point, according to my wife its most important part of our house! ok noted. the tv keeps flickering, especially those none HD channels...i called up electrician, they come checked say its HDB signal not good...so i called hdb up to checked, they tested n say the extension at the tv feature wall was not properly done, resulted a drop of signal from 70+ to 20+ so i called electrician again...for the 3rd time they came, this time big operation, they goto rewire from the circuit box to my tv console, they wired through my shoe cabinet, false ceiling, then down the TV feature wall, however, there were horizontal planks across the feature wall (2 piece join together), so they goto drill additional holes on the feature wall in order to let the new wire pass through took them half a day to do it, initially they suggest wired the new cable beside my feature wall! how is tat even acceptable, in the end i goto work out a solution with them...heres the end result, drill a hole large enough for the wire to go through n drill through the horizontal planks so the wire can drop from the ceiling luckily i still got a sample piece of laminate, so use super glue to paste over, its a bit ugly but its ok since its behind my big TV
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moved into new flat for 2 weeks now. still unpacking n add things here n there. my home network setup, with 2x nas with 10x 3TB hdd, 2x routers (Asus 68U & Dlink 868L), 1x 8 port cisco gigabit switch (SGD90D-08) got a 6mm tempered glass top for my 2m long solid walnut table spent half day setting up my hot toys haha, wife nagging cos i bought too many... parents took top cabinet with their ceramics while i filled the bottom with iron man
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If u can see the photos, the tv wire is extended from the wall to the back of the tv console drawer (wardrobe side) n installed inside the console(bedroom side) For wardrobe design, carpenter will leave a grove to allow wires to go through, ur power plug, hdmi cable, tv signal cable, LAN etc. so all wires from TV will go into the hole(core through the wall from Bedroom side) behind the tv, (other wires of course sits nicely inside the console). Wires will then drop into the grove n enter wardrobe, go through another opening from top of tv console. u will have a wire free design but make sure u get a cable long enough...especially nowadays all the tv comes with such short power cables...worst non-removable type like my living room tv Sounds complicated? let the picture paint the thousand words haha
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