Internet Help. Extension?

[Kryptos]

So I'm currently helping my parents put internet in the opposite side of the house. 

 

The east side currently has the router and the wifi isn't strong enough to reach the west side...so the plan was to run a 100ft (30meter) ethernet chord to the west side and then setup another hub.

 

I'm not really sure what would I need to setup this new hub... Also could I run another short 10ft (3meter) ethernet chord from that hub to a desktop without any worries of latency?

 

If running that short chord from the 2nd hub would have a large impact...I can get 2x100ft(30meter) lengths.

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I've never dealt with these kinds of questions/problems... much better at computers lol... thanks in advance 

 

 

[jaslion]

15 minutes ago, Kryptos said:

So I'm currently helping my parents put internet in the opposite side of the house. 

 

The east side currently has the router and the wifi isn't strong enough to reach the west side...so the plan was to run a 100ft (30meter) ethernet chord to the west side and then setup another hub.

 

I'm not really sure what would I need to setup this new hub... Also could I run another short 10ft (3meter) ethernet chord from that hub to a desktop without any worries of latency?

 

If running that short chord from the 2nd hub would have a large impact...I can get 2x100ft(30meter) lengths.

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I've never dealt with these kinds of questions/problems... much better at computers lol... thanks in advance 

 

 

Take the 30m cord plug it into a switch at the destination and then plug as many cables to as many devices as you want from that switch.

[Master Disaster]

If you just want to extend the range then get a WiFi range extender and place it somewhere in the middle of the house. It will connect to your existing WiFi, boost it back to full signal then create a second SSID for the users on the other side to connect to.

 

They're really simple to set up (even easier if your router supports WPS) and much cheaper than running cables & buying hubs/switches/routers etc.

[Kryptos]

7 hours ago, jaslion said:

Take the 30m cord plug it into a switch at the destination and then plug as many cables to as many devices as you want from that switch.

This is probably what I'm going to do since I can't use a wifi extender due to a really thick wall in the middle of the house that blocks signal 

[beersykins]

As per others just run that uplink to a switch.  There shouldn't be any increase in latency, the forwarding on the switch is done in hardware at sub ms levels.

[GDRRiley]

1 hour ago, beersykins said:

As per others just run that uplink to a switch.  There shouldn't be any increase in latency, the forwarding on the switch is done in hardware at sub ms levels.

there may not be a need for a switch if his 2nd wifi unit is a router/wifi combo unit. those often have 4 ports which would give him a run to his desktop.

[beersykins]

On 3/25/2020 at 4:32 AM, Master Disaster said:

 

They're really simple to set up (even easier if your router supports WPS) and much cheaper than running cables & buying hubs/switches/routers etc.

In comparison, however, they will perform like garbage

[Master Disaster]

5 minutes ago, beersykins said:

In comparison, however, they will perform like garbage

I've got a Netgear one and its solid as a rock and runs at full speed for all my stuff downstairs that otherwise gets a weak signal. In fact in 12 months I've literally never had to touch it.