1 modem, 2 routers?

[jefyzz]

Hi,
I'm currently having a problem with my ISP. My situation is: In my house, we have an internet connection, a modem provided by my ISP and a router to extend the WIFI signal. The thing is, my brother lives in the back of my house, which is around 160ft from the house, and obviously the WIFI signal does not get there. 
My question is, is there a way to throw a cable from the router or modem in my house, all the way to my brother's room, plug it in on a router and use it as an access point, and will he be able to use an ethernet connection to his computer? 

[dilpickle]

You just need a switch in his room.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networking-Switches/b?ie=UTF8&node=281414

[jefyzz]

20 minutes ago, dilpickle said:

You just need a switch in his room.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networking-Switches/b?ie=UTF8&node=281414

Thanks for replying.
If i buy a switch, and i connect an ethernet cable from the switch to an access point, will the access point give a WIFI signal and it won't interfere with the signal in my house? Sorry if it's a dumb question, just don't want to waste money in these times.

[dilpickle]

52 minutes ago, jefyzz said:

Thanks for replying.
If i buy a switch, and i connect an ethernet cable from the switch to an access point, will the access point give a WIFI signal and it won't interfere with the signal in my house? Sorry if it's a dumb question, just don't want to waste money in these times.

Yes you can plug a wifi access point AKA wifi extender at the other end of the switch and you will have wifi in that part of the house.

 

If you ONLY want wifi you can skip the switch and just plug in the wifi extender to the cable.

[Falcon1986]

1 hour ago, dilpickle said:

wifi access point AKA wifi extender

Those two things are not necessarily synonymous.

 

Dedicated WiFi extenders or range extenders require a primary WiFi signal to connect to then broadcast a new WiFi signal. It’s an inherently inefficient way of “extending” WiFi, especially in those devices where a single antenna is used to communicate with the primary WiFi source and the wireless client.

 

Only a few manufacturers provide extenders that can also go into an AP mode. Netgear comes to mind. But this is a mode change that must be done within the firmware.

 

The AP is fine, though. It uses an ethernet uplink and provides WiFi access to the primary LAN without the performance hit as an extender. While there are dedicated APs out there, they usually only have 1 ethernet port for the wired uplink to the main router. But most modern wireless routers these days can be converted to AP mode within the firmware interface. The benefit of using these instead is that you have an AP and several switch ports on the same device. Just make sure you check to see if the wireless router can be converted to AP mode before purchase.

[Contreramanjaro]

TP-Link also makes some powerline extenders with Wi-Fi. https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/powerline/?filterby=5793|5794|5795

 

Performance won't be a good as direct Ethernet but is probably fine for anything other than gaming. If you're fine running an Ethernet all the way, you should be able to connect most routers to it via the WAN port on the remote router. I did this for a couple of years at my old house. You may get some double NAT issues for gaming though. Putting the router in AP mode should help with that if the router supports it. Most of the time this will be listed in the tech specs for a router.

[Donut417]

4 hours ago, jefyzz said:

will the access point give a WIFI signal and it won't interfere with the signal in my house?

No. In some instances if you have a big house you might require MULTIPLE wireless AP's to cover the whole thing. You might need to turn down the power on them but as long as they are on separate WiFi channels you should be fine. 

 

Id personally run a wire from your main router in your house. Hook it up to a switch in your brothers area. Then just connect a Wireless AP to that.