Wi-Fi Problem

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MagicFriend wrote:

Now, Sky have been out because this dead zone has some of their equipment. They have run a Cat5e cable directly from the router to their TV box in the dead zone. I was about to run some Cat6a cable alongside it, but firstly I couldn't find a Wi-Fi unit with an ethernet input, and secondly I thought that I would speak to you guys first and ask for help.

 

You should not need to run an Ethernet cable alongside Sky's Cat5e cable if it is simply an Ethernet cable feeding from a router into an Ethernet port on the TV box. You can just interrupt the existing cable, insert a cheap switch and plug the TV into that. You can then plug an wireless extender into another outlet port on the switch and use it in wireless access point (AP) mode.

These are dead cheap:

Gigabit Unmanaged Switch Series - GS105 | NETGEAR

Less then £20 in the UK. Other brands could be even cheaper.

Just about any "wifi extender" – what you call a "Wi-Fi broadcast unit" – should plug into that and provide wifi in what sounds like a small area. Again, you can pick up a Netgear device for <£30, possibly even less for other brands and no-name knock offs.

I am surprised that you could not find "a Wi-Fi unit with an ethernet input". Amazon lists them by the shelf load. (Buy from your preferred seller.) Search for "WiFi Repeater" and pick something that claims to work in AP mode. Most do.