Adding Wi-fi to Ethernet
David Park
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Many devices today, EG. Blu-ray box and TV sets etc. have an Ethernet socket for a cable to BB router but in some cases a cable connection is not possible or convenient and the use of the routers Wi-Fi would be convenient to use. Snag is from my looking around these adaptors to put into the Ethernet socket of the unit do not come cheap, maybe there is a lack of demand.
Any cheap units or cheap ways of doing this?
Any cheap units or cheap ways of doing this?
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WA701ND-Wireless-Access-Point/dp/B002YETVVE/
twenty three quid. Cheaper than most HomePlugs
I've used lot's of the Edimax EW-7228APn ones, VERY versatile units and can be used in a multitude of ways.
I thoroughly recommend the TP link access points.
I would also say though that the TL-WR743ND has 4 ports on it, so may be more useful in a world where your tv, boob ray, satellite box etc. could do with ethernet.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-WR743ND-150Mbps-Wireless-Client/dp/B0043RTF9I/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1378033096&sr=1-1&keywords=TL-WR743ND#productDetails
and it's only £21
tp site here:
http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=241&model=TL-WR743ND
all access points do the same basic jobs. they can all be set as access points, range extenders, wireless bridge, or client mode. the latter being what the OP wants.
i've used a lot of them. i've found the tp-link to be the most stable. i have two and haven't touched them for years. they just sit there going their job.
Interestingly they seem able to other tasks like being a router, this leads me on to think can a router be arranged to be what I want a receiver adaptor?
I must have 2 or 3 routers spare in my loft.
Several people have reported using custom firmware on the router to allow it to be used as a wireless connection to the primary router.
See
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
and
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged