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Wifi transmitter?
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It's not necessary for the router to have an Ethernet input port (like a cable modem/router), to make it into a WiFi access point ... an Ethernet output port can usually be used.
Again ... have you actually read the linked article?0 -
It's not necessary for the router to have an Ethernet input port (like a cable modem/router), to make it into a WiFi access point ... an Ethernet output port can usually be used.
Ethernet connections allow data to be sent bidirectionally. How can you have either an Ethernet input or Ethernet output?!Again ... have you actually read the linked article?
No. Have you actually understood the linked article?0 -
Sigh. OK , if you want to be pedantic ...
You DO NOT need to have an Ethernet WAN port on the router (such as would be there on a Cable modem/router) to be able to setup a router (which includes WiFi capability) as a WiFi access point. This is all explained in that article which you freely admit to have NOT read.
Yes, I DID read it and I DID understand it.0 -
Sigh. OK , if you want to be pedantic ...
It's hardly pedantic -- it didn't make any sense!You DO NOT need to have an Ethernet WAN port on the router (such as would be there on a Cable modem/router) to be able to setup a router (which includes WiFi capability) as a WiFi access point.
Exactly. You want all the devices on the LAN, effectively connected via the "switch" in the router box.This is all explained in that article which you freely admit to have NOT read.
Why would I read an article that tells me how to do something I already know how to do? :rotfl:0 -
ok, taking the pedantic route.....
yes I've read the article, and many like it over the years. However, what I have found is that many routers just don't like being set up like that as an ap, and have found it easier to achieve when there is a dedicated port on the second router (like a cable router). OK, it may be that I have mainly played with older routers and newer ones are far more amenable to being used as ap's, and possibly I'm a dinosaur in disguise
......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple
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Well, that enthusiastic exchange of views seems to have knocked the "spare router as a wireless access point" idea comprehensively on the head! :rotfl:0
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Well thanks for the replies, I have read the article and stopped when it said about connecting to the router with a cable to set it up! I was asking how to set this up using wifi as I do not want to spend £25 for a cable to connect my Macbook to the router, if I did I would connect directly to the homeplug without the router.
Plus a wifi booster is no good as the second homeplug will be out of range.
So has any of you used an old router in this way? Do any routers have an input that is not a phone line?
I ask again is there a simple way of connecting a wifi transmitter to a homeplug.0 -
The cable is to connect the old router to the homeplug, so that it gets the network connection and provides a WiFi access point at that end.
You use that cable first connected to your PC to allow you to setup the old router first, then you move it from your PC to the homeplug.0 -
knightstyle wrote: »I ask again is there a simple way of connecting a wifi transmitter to a homeplug.
Yes (although you'll want need a wifi transceiver, rather than just a transmitter!). There's no way to avoid using a cable since your homeplugs aren't wireless -- there's no other way to connect them to anything.
As above you can use the wireless access point in an old router. Configure the router (by giving it an IP address on the same subnet as your existing LAN and disabling its DHCP server). Then connect the homeplug to the spare router with an Ethernet cable.0 -
knightstyle wrote: »Well thanks for the replies, I have read the article and stopped when it said about connecting to the router with a cable to set it up! I was asking how to set this up using wifi as I do not want to spend £25 for a cable to connect my Macbook to the router, if I did I would connect directly to the homeplug without the router.
Who offered you a cable for £25?! They're seriously ripping you off! You can get a short 25cm one on eBay for less than a quid including delivery!!!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3M-5M-7M-10M-15M-20M-RJ45-Cat5e-Network-Ethernet-Cable-Lead-LAN-Patch-Grey-Lot-/252398624940?var=&hash=item3ac42160ac:m:mPgBcfJxeNm3yOaIK6Yqh8w0
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