wifi booster with ethernet input

[Finbarm]

I'm looking to buy a wifi extender and I have ran a 40 m ethernet cable coming from my main router through my roof that i currently plug directly into my computer. Instead of plugging it into my computer, would i be able to plug it into a wifi extender/booster to emit a wifi signal from my room?

 

If so would i need to search for a specific type of extender, or do all extenders do this and am i just being dumb.

 

Thanks for reading

[Slottr]

Get a switch, buy an AP

[Finbarm]

2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Get a switch, buy an AP

what does that mean?

sorry im really inexperienced in this topic

[Slottr]

Just now, Finbarm said:

what does that mean?

sorry im really inexperienced in this topic

A switch is a device that will allow one connection split off into many

 

An AP is an access point. It's like a wifi extender, but actually works reliably with a hard connection.

Wifi extenders take a signal and repeat, often very poorly

[Finbarm]

2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

A switch is a device that will allow one connection split off into many

 

An AP is an access point. It's like a wifi extender, but actually works reliably with a hard connection.

Wifi extenders take a signal and repeat, often very poorly

are there any you could recommend?

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, Finbarm said:

are there any you could recommend?

Ubiquiti products are very good, their controller is super easy to use.

 

You'll probably want an unmanaged switch, really anything will do depending on your internet speed.

[Naterr]

22 hours ago, Finbarm said:

I have ran a 40 m ethernet cable coming from my main router through my roof that i currently plug directly into my computer.

Use that cable to plug into this ceiling mounted AP, it is powered through the ethernet cable so no need for external power, it comes with it's own PoE injector.

If you would like to expand your cabling network, I would recommend this unmanaged swtich.

If you want to use the switch, than your simply plug an ethernet cable from your modem into the switch, then you'll run another cable into the AP, and use the others ports for your PC or anything else with LAN capabilities.

[Naterr]

21 hours ago, Slottr said:

Ubiquiti products are very good, their controller is super easy to use.

 

You'll probably want an unmanaged switch, really anything will do depending on your internet speed.

Love Ubiquiti products, but never used them personally. Would recommend to anyone, but for cheap route for non-IT, I use TP link.