Router help

[louis21ong]

Hello ltt experts!

 

I recently moved to the house beside my parents home and I am having problems connecting to their wifi connection. Since they don't really use the wifi that much, they gave me permission to "extend" their connection to my house (we live in one compound so extending wouldn't be a problem). I've tried researching for range extenders but I've heard they cut the connection speeds in half because of signal and many other factors. Also, I dont think range extenders would work since the signal in my house from theirs drops to 1 bar or even no bars of signal at all. Also, the powerline method wouldn't work since we have different electricity cables. Routing an ethernet cable from their router to my house is a possible option but I need a guide of some sorts to pull this off (e.g. maintaining 2 routers). Also, my parent's router is the built in modem for the DSL so I'm worried that their wifi might not work when I use the ethernet method. Any other suggestions/ideas?

[Kyle_N]

Best option would be to just run a long Ethernet cable. It won't affect the Wi-Fi/Ethernet on their end. If you need multiple ports on your end, just use a switch.

If you must have a separate network, I think you can just plug in a router (long Ethernet cable into your router's WAN port) and it should work fine. 

[Leonard]

@louis21ong, your problem is most likely the fall off WIFI point of the modem/router of the ISP in your parents home. Now you didn't say anything about budget so this is an option, you can get two routers, attach one to your parents DSL modem/router via Ethernet and use that as your parents new router in the gateway configuration, note make sure to turn off the ISPs modem/router WIFI, then you set up the other router at your home and connect the new one in your parents home to your own in an AP configuration.

[fjdhdhcyfhf]

dig a trench with a spade, really easy to do. buy some pvc pipe. run a cable. cheaper than a range extender and better performance.

[jnic]

22 hours ago, DOGC_Kyle said:

long Ethernet cable into your router's WAN port)

if you plug it into the WAN port on your router you basically will have your own network completely separate from theirs, but if you just want to extend it you can plug it into the lan port