My N wireless router is sited at the top of my house where the DSL line comes in & is configured OK. WLAN working OK, although laptops and other wireless clients down at the bottom of the house get a poor signal. I have a pair of ethernet over powerline (Homeplug) adaptors that provide an ethernet onnection from the router to the basement (for my home server). I'd like to add a further wireless access point in the basement to boost signal strength, using that connection.
My question is: is a wireless access point (AP) the correct equipment or should I buy something else? I am not specifically looking for a wireless repeater: I want to add additional wireless access at the end of an ethernet connection and I don't think I want a wireless bridge because that's almost the inverse of what I'm trying to do.
Ideally I would like all wireless to be on one station set and password. Is this possible? Can I run the built-in wireless in my router and a second wireless point on the end of the homeplug ethernet connection as two parts of the same wireless net (ie configure the basement wireless point with the same settings as the routers wireless config.) or do I need separate SSID's and wireless channels for both (ie two 'cells' on the same network).
Any advice greatly appreciated. Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Would a wireless repeater be a simpler and better soution? I am unconvinced they performvery well.
Any assistance appreciated. As they say, a little knowledge is dangerous & I certainly don't know enough to get to the right answer here...
Many hhanks in advance
My question is: is a wireless access point (AP) the correct equipment or should I buy something else? I am not specifically looking for a wireless repeater: I want to add additional wireless access at the end of an ethernet connection and I don't think I want a wireless bridge because that's almost the inverse of what I'm trying to do.
Ideally I would like all wireless to be on one station set and password. Is this possible? Can I run the built-in wireless in my router and a second wireless point on the end of the homeplug ethernet connection as two parts of the same wireless net (ie configure the basement wireless point with the same settings as the routers wireless config.) or do I need separate SSID's and wireless channels for both (ie two 'cells' on the same network).
Any advice greatly appreciated. Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Would a wireless repeater be a simpler and better soution? I am unconvinced they performvery well.
Any assistance appreciated. As they say, a little knowledge is dangerous & I certainly don't know enough to get to the right answer here...
Many hhanks in advance