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ColdDigital
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Hey,

 

Im building a gaming pc soon and need a good wireless adapter for it. Should I go for one that is USB or straight built into the pc? This is probably a stupid question: Is it possible to use the wifi repeater in the corridor and "convert" it to a ethernet cable?

 

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It's always best to get one that's "built in" but I think what you're looking for is something like a powerline adapter

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I'd deffo go with a PCI adapter, something from TP-link if you want a cheaper one. Look out for 802.11ac for the fastest connections, and you might as well plug an Ethernet into it because there would still be that "wireless" gap, unless I'm mistaking your meaning. Do you mean plug the computer into the repeater, or repeater into the hub?

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It's always best to get one that's "built in" but I think what you're looking for is something like a powerline adapter

Second this.

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Also powerline has improved a lot in recent years. That video was released in 2009.

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You should try and use ethernet if you can, but if you can't then just go ahead with wifi. I'm not too sure what you mean by a "repeater" though. Do you mean you would have something that took a wifi signal and converted that to an ethernet connection that you could plug into your computer?

 

As for the wireless adapter, I'd say go with one that's build into your computer - it'll just make thing simpler (and it won't take up a USB port on the back).

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Second this.

This may help:

 

Also powerline has improved a lot in recent years. That video was released in 2009.

AC wifi has improved as well. 

With the right card you can match a wired internet connection. 

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I'd deffo go with a PCI adapter, something from TP-link if you want a cheaper one. Look out for 802.11ac for the fastest connections, and you might as well plug an Ethernet into it because there would still be that "wireless" gap, unless I'm mistaking your meaning. Do you mean plug the computer into the repeater, or repeater into the hub?

I mean like taking the wifi connection from the repeater and converting it into a ethernet output where you could put in a cable to connect to the computer.

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I mean like taking the wifi connection from the repeater and converting it into a ethernet output where you could put in a cable to connect to the computer.

Yes, but I wouldn't recommend doing that and I'd recommend going for a stronger card in the computer instead. That sort of device generally isn't that good.

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