WiFi Bridge

[JoaoPRSousa]

Hi guys!

 

I currently have my PC on the basement (not the stereotyped mom's basement) and it is really cold, and I want to move it to my bedroom.

 

The problem is, in my bedroom, which is like 20m away from the router I get no WiFi signal, and where I am I have wired connection.

 

Will I lose connection quality using a bridge? Will it cause lag? Are there any other ways of improving my router's range without buying a new one?

 

Thanks for the help

[Altecice]

buy an ethernet cable and run it under the carpet/skirting?

[W-L]

Hi guys!

 

I currently have my PC on the basement (not the stereotyped mom's basement) and it is really cold, and I want to move it to my bedroom.

 

The problem is, in my bedroom, which is like 20m away from the router I get no WiFi signal, and where I am I have wired connection.

 

Will I lose connection quality using a bridge? Will it cause lag?

 

Thanks for the help

 

Try and look into a powerline adapter that should do the trick it'll be a wired ethernet connection via the electrical cables running through your home, if you can of course run ethernet cable.

[JoaoPRSousa]

Try and look into a powerline adapter that should do the trick it'll be a wired ethernet connection via the electrical cables running through your home, if you can of course run ethernet cable.

 

I wanted a powerline, but since Im not the only one that needs internet in the house, WiFi is the best to have, even though I recognize that ethernet is WAY better...

 

 

buy an ethernet cable and run it under the carpet/skirting?

 

No can do sir. My floor isnt carpeted and my mother hates cables on the floor, especially in sight...

[Johannes_Lazor]

It depends on what the walls and foor are made of, Where i live the floor have a concrete "core" and the walls has brick "cores".
My Wifi signal is pretty bad, I get about 5-10 times wider bandwith and 50% lower latency if i use a ethernet cable instead of Wifi.

[kerberos]

Are you sure you get absolutely no signal ? You can always try to reorientate the antennas or change channels.

At least, at the basement it's cold so your pc gets better temps :lol:

[W-L]

I wanted a powerline, but since Im not the only one that needs internet in the house, WiFi is the best to have, even though I recognize that ethernet is WAY better...

 

 

 

No can do sir. My floor isnt carpeted and my mother hates cables on the floor, especially in sight...

 

It depends on what the walls and foor are made of, Where i live the floor have a concrete "core" and the walls has brick "cores".

My Wifi signal is pretty bad, I get about 5-10 times wider bandwith and 50% lower latency if i use a ethernet cable instead of Wifi.

 

If that's the case you could consider adding adding Access Points around the house, if your situation is similar to Johannes_Lazor that would be a great solution to a wifi problem by adding access point in the hallways of each floor or specific rooms. 

 

But as for the computer I think powerline would be the most stable compared to wifi since you have no wifi in the bedroom a wifi bridge usually wants to be in the last 80-90% of the wifi signal to get a good connection, another solution is to setup a secondary router in bridge mode to broadcast wifi and use it as a switch but you will unfortunately you will need an ethernet connection to the secondary router(bridge mode).

[JoaoPRSousa]

walls has brick "cores".

Same here...

Can you recommend me one?

[JoaoPRSousa]

Are you sure you get absolutely no signal ? You can always try to reorientate the antennas or change channels.

At least, at the basement it's cold so your pc gets better temps :lol:

I know but it is the second time I get ill for being there...

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I will put it near the router, in a hallway

[Johannes_Lazor]

If that's the case you could consider adding adding Access Points around the house, if your situation is similar to Johannes_Lazor that would be a great solution to a wifi problem by adding access point in the hallways of each floor or specific rooms. 

Im using ethernet cables for close to everything, I work as a electrician 3 days each week so my job is pretty much drilling holes in walls and pulling cables at times.

The only thing im using wifi with is my phone and i dont need more than 120 ms and 12mbit/s for it.

Before i studied to become a electrician i thought about adding access points since i used wifi for close to everything back then,

But not anymore.

EDIT: read it wrong, Thought you adviced me to get accesspoints.

Edited October 19, 2014 by Johannes_Lazor

[W-L]

Im using ethernet cables for close to everything, I work as a electrician 3 days each week so my job is pretty much drilling holes in walls and pulling cables at times.

The only thing im using wifi with is my phone and i dont need more than 120 ms and 12mbit/s for it.

Before i studied to become a electrician i thought about adding access points

since i used wifi for close to everything back then, But not anymore.

 

Ethernet FTW, yeah I know how it feels for wifi devices to keep dropping frames when your on youtube or keep buffering constantly, I used a secondary router in bridge mode to act as an AP and switch for the far end of the house.

[JoaoPRSousa]

I don't understand shit of what you are saying -.-

Just recommend me a bridge

[W-L]

I don't understand shit of what you are saying -.-

Just recommend me a bridge

 

The only wifi bridges I know of are one made by Linksys and Asus not too familiar with how well they work.

 

Linksys:

http://www.linksys.com/en-apac/products/bridges/WES610N

 

Asus:

http://www.asus.com/ca-en/Networking/EAN66/