Help with wireless access

[darrenturner79]

Hi everyone

I was wondering if i could get some advice

I need to get wireless access on the top floor of my house, currently my linksys wireless router(WAG354G) is situated on the ground floor near the main bt phone socket. I have my main pc which is on the top floor connected to the router by a netgear homeplug. Because the house is very old the walls are very thick tested the wireless reception on the top floor with my laptop i get no signal.

So i was wondering what would be the best product to buy to get wireless access on the top floor. Should i get an access point or a wireless router (and use as a ap creating another ssid on a different channel from the wireless router on the ground floor)

I am fairly new to networking so i apologise if i have made any mistakes in my assumptions.

Any help greatly appreciated

Dal.

 

[thiggins]

Is the top floor one or two floors away from the current router location?

What is the problem with the current powerline connection? (Please provide specific model # of the NETGEAR products being used?

Do you have a coax connection between the floors?

 

[darrenturner79]

Hi

The top floor is two floors away from the router

I wanted wireless on the top floor so my laptop does not have to been plugged in by ethernet.

Yes i have coax cable wiring throughout the house.

 

[thiggins]

If the speed via the HomePlug adapter is satisfactory, just convert a router to an access point and attach it to the Homeplug Ethernet port.
How To Convert a Wireless Router into an Access Point
How To Add an Access Point to a Wireless Router

If you need/want more speed, then you could use MoCA-based adapters or HomePlug AV.
Ethernet from your TV Outlet: NETGEAR MoCA Coax-Ethernet Adapter Kit Reviewed