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wifi to LAN bridge
I have recently moved from having a separate office to having one in my rented house.
The internet is supplied by Sky through one of their modem/routers and it works...ish.
My router is downstairs in the lounge and my office is now shoe-horned into a small upstairs bedroom and I have several devices in the office that are connected to each other via an Ethernet switch (which was fine in the old office where I had direct access to the router's LAN port).
I now need to get the switch on the LAN reliably connected to the router.
So far I have a mains-routed extender and this works okay but there is a fault with them in that they often lose the LAN connection. It is a known fault that I learned of AFTER buying them.
I cannot run CAT5 from the office to the router and I cannot reposition the router. Somehow I need to bridge my office LAN, via WIFI to the Sky router.
Buying a new router and associated bits is not out of the question but I have yet to ask Sky for the settings (their router came ready configured).
Any suggestions?
Steve.
To close the loop on this thread. I bought a TL-WA860RE and that seems to work just fine in this role.
I never did find a Netgear solution.
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Try a powerline solution (google search) to go from the router to your switch. You could hang a WAP off of the switch if required.. Also, use minimum CAT5e cables.
- Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I already have a TP Link power line system, which works, but it drops connection several times a day and it seems to be a known issue.
So a wireless AP could connect my switch to the wireless router?
Cimbian wrote:
I already have a TP Link power line system, which works, but it drops connection several times a day and it seems to be a known issue.I would investigate that. What does "a known issue" mean?
Powerline would be a more reliable solution than wifi. Maybe you just need better plugs.
Powerline technology has come a long way in recent years. You can now get plugs that have 1000BASE-Tx LAN. First generation was 100BASE-Tx at best.
You could even get a pair of plugs that delivers wifi to the office as qell as the LAN.
Hi,
I have a TL-WPA8630PKIT Gigabit setup and the forums report the dropouts to be very common, over several generations. Many have contacted TP-LINK but the problem persists.
My plug sockets are direct, no extensions or multiways and the TL-WPA8630PKIT is a wireless plus LAN unit, the reason I bought them. When it is working, it works very well, but the dropouts are a significant issue for me as I work from home and use a VOIP system for the phone.
Wireless is not an option for the number of non-wireless devices I have. I need something to connect to a switch, or similar.
Steve.
