router to wifi to router?
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In a simplistic sense; yes. There's a bit more complicated than that, but it can be done.
Just to be clear, you're wired to a router in the main house..... Wifi to the cabin, and you want a device to repeat the Wifi in the cabin?
If that's the case, a Wifi "repeater" (or a router configured in "repeater" mode) would be all you need.
Just to be clear, you're wired to a router in the main house..... Wifi to the cabin, and you want a device to repeat the Wifi in the cabin?
If that's the case, a Wifi "repeater" (or a router configured in "repeater" mode) would be all you need.
Each range extender cuts throughput 50%, so 2 extenders would mean 25% of the source router throughput, and that's at zero distance. The modulation falls as distance increases, so I'd think you could expect around 6.25% of the source router's bandwidth, meaning if you get 100 Mbps over wifi in the house, you could expect around 6.25 Mbps in the cabin over 2 links (router-extender, extender-extender). If you don't want to lose any throughput, cabling is the way to do it. If you can't use cabling, then you'd pair directional antennas between the house and cabin.
Do you want to have a wired connection in the cabin, or is wifi alone good enough? Also, can you run cabling to the cabin from the house? And which model of router is it?
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