- Apr 19, 2013
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Hi All,
I live in the original brick $@&*house. The walls have two layers of sheetrock, foil-backed insulation between the studs, 4/4 oak sheathing and full-sized bricks. Line-of-sight is limited. Sturdy but built before machines were supposed to talk to each other.
The setup right now is a high-speed cable modem that goes to a Linksys E2500 wireless router. All four of the ethernet LAN ports are used -- one of which goes across the house to an HTPC. The wireless part works pretty well up to about halfway across the house. Then those walls kick in and the signal gets spotty.
I've read-up on wired access points but haven't found a solution that takes the existing wireless network into account. What I'd like to do is connect the long ethernet cable to a device on the HTPC end of the house. It would have at least a couple ethernet out ports for the stationary devices (HTPC, ATV3) and extend/boost the wifi signal for iPads, smart phones and other wireless gizmos.
I'd bet this is possible if not obvious. If you have any opinions, I'll look forward to reading them. BTW, this doesn't have to be a budget solution. I expect I'll need more hardware -- I just want to be sure it is the right hardware.
Thanks, sh
Edit postscript. I'm a fairly good writer and still have a hard time describing tech subjects. I guess the fundamental question surrounds the issue that I already have both a wired LAN and a WiFi network in the house. One of the LAN wires runs all the way through the basement to the area in the house with the worst WiFi reception. What I'm wondering is whether there is a device that can use that ethernet signal to boost the existing (or a new, localized) WiFi signal or if the existing WiFi signal needs to be boosted independently of the ethernet feed? The basic plug-in boosters seem fraught with issues and QC problems (half 5 eggs, half 1 egg). If there is an all-in-one-box, it should also be an ethernet switch so the HTPC can stay hardwired. Thanks again for bearing with me. sh
I live in the original brick $@&*house. The walls have two layers of sheetrock, foil-backed insulation between the studs, 4/4 oak sheathing and full-sized bricks. Line-of-sight is limited. Sturdy but built before machines were supposed to talk to each other.
The setup right now is a high-speed cable modem that goes to a Linksys E2500 wireless router. All four of the ethernet LAN ports are used -- one of which goes across the house to an HTPC. The wireless part works pretty well up to about halfway across the house. Then those walls kick in and the signal gets spotty.
I've read-up on wired access points but haven't found a solution that takes the existing wireless network into account. What I'd like to do is connect the long ethernet cable to a device on the HTPC end of the house. It would have at least a couple ethernet out ports for the stationary devices (HTPC, ATV3) and extend/boost the wifi signal for iPads, smart phones and other wireless gizmos.
I'd bet this is possible if not obvious. If you have any opinions, I'll look forward to reading them. BTW, this doesn't have to be a budget solution. I expect I'll need more hardware -- I just want to be sure it is the right hardware.
Thanks, sh
Edit postscript. I'm a fairly good writer and still have a hard time describing tech subjects. I guess the fundamental question surrounds the issue that I already have both a wired LAN and a WiFi network in the house. One of the LAN wires runs all the way through the basement to the area in the house with the worst WiFi reception. What I'm wondering is whether there is a device that can use that ethernet signal to boost the existing (or a new, localized) WiFi signal or if the existing WiFi signal needs to be boosted independently of the ethernet feed? The basic plug-in boosters seem fraught with issues and QC problems (half 5 eggs, half 1 egg). If there is an all-in-one-box, it should also be an ethernet switch so the HTPC can stay hardwired. Thanks again for bearing with me. sh
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