Queries with sharing printer over ethernet

[Eliteafk_William]

I have a few old laserjet printers that only have LAN connection, however, the room that I am currently in only has wifi reception as its impossible to add a LAN port in the room. All my other devices, like 2 iMacs and 2 Desktops are connected with Wifi to the router in another floor. This is a home office room and moving the printers elsewhere is nearly impossible. Are there anyways to connect the printers with the few computers in my home in the same room with something like a switch or hub, Thanks!

[Crunchy Dragon]

Powerline adapters should work.

[Eliteafk_William]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Powerline adapters should work.

the power lines don't work as the electricians did a poor job installing the lines in my house,  its impossible for 2 adapters to connect to each other if they are not in the same room, I am currently using the TP Link ones with AC wifi and something like 750 mbps, I have tried so many different wall sockets and it just won't connect to each other.

[SupaKomputa]

get a used router and put it in repeater / switch mode.

i use ddwrt / openwrt for this.

 

 

[SupaKomputa]

[dalekphalm]

2 hours ago, Eliteafk_William said:

the power lines don't work as the electricians did a poor job installing the lines in my house,  its impossible for 2 adapters to connect to each other if they are not in the same room, I am currently using the TP Link ones with AC wifi and something like 750 mbps, I have tried so many different wall sockets and it just won't connect to each other.

I agree with @SupaKomputa. You need a Wireless Bridge. This will take the existing WIFI signal, connect to it, and share out Ethernet ports.

 

You can buy purpose built devices for this, or you can get any existing WIFI router that supports custom firmware (such as Tomato/DD-WRT, etc).