TWC recently upgraded me from 15/1 to 50/5. Now, I discovered that a few of my wireless devices at the opposite end of the house max out at 20/5. Of course it wasn't a problem when I was maxing out the connection at 15/1, but now I would like to get the full benefit of my new internet speeds.
This is my current setup:
Modem: Motorola SB6121
Router: DLink DIR-645
Wireless Repeater: Edimax EW-7228APn (usable as a wireless access point)
I have a desktop computer wired to the DIR-645, and my printer and a couple gaming devices connect to the DIR-645 wirelessly.
On the opposite side of the house I have the EW-7228APn in repeater mode and there is one desktop and one laptop connecting to that wirelessly along with various wireless mobile devices like ipad/iphone, etc. As I said before the devices accessing the repeater only get 20/5, and I am trying to fix this.
I was looking into various solutions, and I am thinking of adding a pair of powerline adapters to my network. One adapter would be wired to the router, and the other would be wired to the EW-7228APn's WAN port and I would start using it as a wireless access point, not a repeater.
Will this work? Will all the devices on opposite ends of the house be able to see each other? The most important thing for me is that I am able to use the printer from the devices that are connected to the EW-7228APn.
If you have a better alternate solution to my powerline idea I would also love to hear it.
This is my current setup:
Modem: Motorola SB6121
Router: DLink DIR-645
Wireless Repeater: Edimax EW-7228APn (usable as a wireless access point)
I have a desktop computer wired to the DIR-645, and my printer and a couple gaming devices connect to the DIR-645 wirelessly.
On the opposite side of the house I have the EW-7228APn in repeater mode and there is one desktop and one laptop connecting to that wirelessly along with various wireless mobile devices like ipad/iphone, etc. As I said before the devices accessing the repeater only get 20/5, and I am trying to fix this.
I was looking into various solutions, and I am thinking of adding a pair of powerline adapters to my network. One adapter would be wired to the router, and the other would be wired to the EW-7228APn's WAN port and I would start using it as a wireless access point, not a repeater.
Will this work? Will all the devices on opposite ends of the house be able to see each other? The most important thing for me is that I am able to use the printer from the devices that are connected to the EW-7228APn.
If you have a better alternate solution to my powerline idea I would also love to hear it.