Basic question about a switch

[Akalion]

Hi, I'm kind of a noob at this whole network stuff and I need some help. So at the moment I have a main router that's connected to my modem, an old router that I configured as an access point and a PC. I need to connect my AP which is in my room to the router which is in another room, but I don't really want to lay down another long cable. So I think I need a switch that would go in my room and connect to the AP and the PC. Would that work?         

 

[Ryujin2003]

I'm a bit lost.... But if you have a current wireless router that is connected to the modem, you can use your old router as a bridge. This would allow the old router to receive a wireless signal and relay it across a wired connection.

 

A switch would need a router/modem anyways, so that would defeat the purpose of not laying cable. If you set the old router into wireless bridge, you should be fine. I am using my old router as a wireless bridge for my home theater setup. Everything is plugged into that, and it talks wirelessly to the main router.

[EarthWormJM2]

I was typing up a response, but what Ryujin said. lol.

2 minutes ago, Ryujin2003 said:

I'm a bit lost.... But if you have a current wireless router that is connected to the modem, you can use your old router as a bridge. This would allow the old router to receive a wireless signal and relay it across a wired connection.

 

A switch would need a router/modem anyways, so that would defeat the purpose of not laying cable. If you set the old router into wireless bridge, you should be fine. I am using my old router as a wireless bridge for my home theater setup. Everything is plugged into that, and it talks wirelessly to the main router.

 

[Akalion]

9 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

I'm a bit lost.... But if you have a current wireless router that is connected to the modem, you can use your old router as a bridge. This would allow the old router to receive a wireless signal and relay it across a wired connection.

 

A switch would need a router/modem anyways, so that would defeat the purpose of not laying cable. If you set the old router into wireless bridge, you should be fine. I am using my old router as a wireless bridge for my home theater setup. Everything is plugged into that, and it talks wirelessly to the main router.

Yes you didn't quite understand me. I HAVE a cable running from my router to my PC and I'm totally fine with that. I just want my old router to act as an access point to have better WiFi in my room. But to connect the old router I'd need to run a second cable to my room. Instead of connecting the AP(old router) and PC to the router with two cables, can I connect them to a switch and connect the switch to the router? So then I'd have one long cable going from the router to the switch, and two short ones going from the switch to the AP and PC.

 

Here I drew a little paint diagram. Would this work?

 

[chiller15]

4 minutes ago, Akalion said:

Yes you didn't quite understand me. I HAVE a cable running from my router to my PC and I'm totally fine with that. I just want my old router to act as an access point to have better WiFi in my room. But to connect the old router I'd need to run a second cable to my room. Instead of connecting the AP(old router) and PC to the router with two cables, can I connect them to a switch and connect the switch to the router? So then I'd have one long cable going from the router to the switch, and two short ones going from the switch to the AP and PC.

 

Here I drew a little paint diagram. Would this work?

 

Yes it would.

[Akalion]

19 minutes ago, chiller15 said:

Yes it would.

Thanks.

[matthewlswong]

Doesn't your old router have LAN ports? You can connect the main router to the AP using 1 cable, and connect the computer to the AP. The AP will act as a small switch as well as broadcast WiFi. Be sure to disable DHCP to make sure you're not doing double NAT though. If you don't know how to do it, search for how to convert a router into an AP and you will find plenty of guides.

[Akalion]

On 6/26/2018 at 5:10 PM, matthewlswong said:

Doesn't your old router have LAN ports? You can connect the main router to the AP using 1 cable, and connect the computer to the AP. The AP will act as a small switch as well as broadcast WiFi. Be sure to disable DHCP to make sure you're not doing double NAT though. If you don't know how to do it, search for how to convert a router into an AP and you will find plenty of guides.

Yes I tried that and it did work, but the problem is that the router's only 100mbps and I have a 800mbps connection.