Best way to get wifi and extra wired connection to home office in garden?

M_I

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Hi

Basically, the router in my house is on the first floor and has 4 ports. 2 of these are connected to ethernet cables that have been run down and underground through the garden to the home office.

In the home office, one of the ports created with the ethernet cables runs to the work PC.

I want the second port to give me extra ethernet ports and also act as a wifi point (as the wifi from the router doesn't reach the office).

I have been reading some things on the internet, and I have come across network switches but not any that act as wifi access points. I have also read using any old router can work. I have one old router (Netgear DG934G I think).

Just hoping someone can give me a definitive answer on what will work and what will work best?

Thanks so much

 
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Free forums like these are not really for private consultation even though at time it looks like it. Mostly you get generic information so everybody else browsing your thread can benefit and apply answers to each's needs.

But your case is very simple.

Any WIFI router can be configured as an Access Point, there is a STICKY by the wireless forum to tell you how, and WIFI routers with built-in 4 ethernet ports are extremely common. If your existing WIFI router has no additional ethernet port, all you need to do is to add a 4/8-ports switch, usd$20. Easy-peasy.
what you want is one cable from the router to the garden. to a network switch. on the switch turn of dhcp as the router you have will do this. plug pc hard wire into the switch. look online for small n/5g ap spots thta look like small smoke alarms. plug it into the switch for power and wifi.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/466155/UniFi_AP_AC_Long_Range
newer wifi is moving away from 2.4g as it over loaded and going with 5g and higher speeds having an ap with both 2.4 and 5g lets you use newer wifi sticks or cards on 5g when your hardware has them.
 

M_I

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Jun 28, 2013
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Just to make sure I understood what you've said.

I don't need to use my old router at all.

I need to buy two devices. A network switch and a AP spot.

Any suggestions for which network switch to buy?
(I am paying for 150Mbps so I'd want to make sure I would get that with the device I buy).

Also thanks for the answer and the link to the AP spot.

EDIT: In fact are these ok?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EVGIYG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004UBU8IE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE
 

Free forums like these are not really for private consultation even though at time it looks like it. Mostly you get generic information so everybody else browsing your thread can benefit and apply answers to each's needs.

But your case is very simple.

Any WIFI router can be configured as an Access Point, there is a STICKY by the wireless forum to tell you how, and WIFI routers with built-in 4 ethernet ports are extremely common. If your existing WIFI router has no additional ethernet port, all you need to do is to add a 4/8-ports switch, usd$20. Easy-peasy.
 
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