Wifi transmitter?

knightstyle

I have a pair of homeplugs to give internet away from wifi range.
Can I plug something in to replace the computer ethernet cable and give wifi instead?
I know I can buy wifi homeplugs but the aren't cheap!

alexadams88

there's a wife booster available in the market and also on ebay.

ballyblack

my experience with wifi boosters are there next to useless

Oblivion

alexadams88 wrote: »

there's a wife booster available in the market and also on ebay.

I must get one for the missus.

esuhl

I haven't used homeplugs myself, so I'm not 100% sure how they work. But, if you have a spare wireless router, you could probably connect it via the homeplugs as a secondary wireless access point.

There are cheap ones on eBay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NETGEAR-N150-150-Mbps-10-100-Wireless-G-Router-WNR1000-/301960436109?hash=item464e3e998d:g:ItUAAOSwcl1XPNJt

And you'd need a wireless adapter for your PC if it doesn't have one.

John_Gray

knightstyle wrote: »

I have a pair of homeplugs to give internet away from wifi range.
Can I plug something in to replace the computer ethernet cable and give wifi instead?
I know I can buy wifi homeplugs but the aren't cheap!

Where is this ethernet cable of which you speak? Between a PC/laptop and the homeplug at the opposite end from the router?
A wireless access point homeplug works very well in my experience and, yes, it does cost £several.

GunJack

just use a basic wifi access point at the far end of the homeplugs - been using one in the office for years

Rubidium

knightstyle wrote: »

I have a pair of homeplugs to give internet away from wifi range.
Can I plug something in to replace the computer ethernet cable and give wifi instead?
I know I can buy wifi homeplugs but the aren't cheap!

Yes simply connect an old router to your remote homeplug and use it as an access point.

There are may articles on the net showing how to easily do this e.g. here

Most people have a spare unused router but even buying a second hand one will be cheaper than a purpose built access point and this is MSE.

GunJack

Rubidium wrote: »

Yes simply connect an old router to your remote homeplug and use it as an access point.

There are may articles on the net showing how to easily do this e.g. here

Most people have a spare unused router but even buying a second hand one will be cheaper than a purpose built access point and this is MSE.

IF the spare router takes an ethernet input - a lot of them don't..

Rubidium

GunJack wrote: »

IF the spare router takes an ethernet input - a lot of them don't..

That's good then because it is not required and you would know that if you had read the article before commenting.

Do not use the WAN port, which is sometimes labeled Internet.

esuhl

GunJack wrote: »

IF the spare router takes an ethernet input - a lot of them don't..

A domestic router without Ethernet ports...? Do they really exist?!

Rubidium wrote: »

That's good then because it is not required and you would know that if you had read the article before commenting.

Eh? How can you possibly connect an Ethernet-only homeplug to a device that doesn't have Ethernet ports?!