Matthais86
New Around Here
'lo folks.
Moving into London into a seven room houseshare which has a wi-fi network provided by the Landlord. My main PC is a desktop and to date has connected directly to the router at the current address via ethernet cable (an old cable was running the length of the house as a legacy of time before wi-fi) and so it has no facility for attaching to a wireless network currently.
Personally, I've had iffy experiences with using USB wi-fi receivers in the past (my previous Desktop PC while at Uni) and also have my doubts about the effectiveness of adding in a wireless NIC. Additionally, I also have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) rig which I'd like to be able to stick on the network as well so it can be used for file sharing with my housemates - it doesn't have a wireless connection itself and I doubt I'll be able to get access to attach it directly to the router, so I need to be able to connect to the network wirelessly..
Therefore, what I believe I need is a wireless bridge - a device that can connect to the exisiting wireless network and then interface with my desktop and NAS by ethernet. Ideally this would have at least two Ethernet ports so that I can attach both my desktop PC & my NAS, but I believe that if I just connected a standard Ethernet hub/switch to the wireless bridge and then connected the devices to the hub/switch this would suffice (although having the whole thing in one box would obviously be a lot better).
So basically I have two questions:
a) Is what I've put above all technically correct or am I missing some hazards?
b) Anybody got any recommendations or links to suitable devices? I notice some wireless routers have bridge or relay modes, but my understanding is that they're designed to establish a new wireless network and are unablele to connect to the existing wireless network.
Moving into London into a seven room houseshare which has a wi-fi network provided by the Landlord. My main PC is a desktop and to date has connected directly to the router at the current address via ethernet cable (an old cable was running the length of the house as a legacy of time before wi-fi) and so it has no facility for attaching to a wireless network currently.
Personally, I've had iffy experiences with using USB wi-fi receivers in the past (my previous Desktop PC while at Uni) and also have my doubts about the effectiveness of adding in a wireless NIC. Additionally, I also have a Network Attached Storage (NAS) rig which I'd like to be able to stick on the network as well so it can be used for file sharing with my housemates - it doesn't have a wireless connection itself and I doubt I'll be able to get access to attach it directly to the router, so I need to be able to connect to the network wirelessly..
Therefore, what I believe I need is a wireless bridge - a device that can connect to the exisiting wireless network and then interface with my desktop and NAS by ethernet. Ideally this would have at least two Ethernet ports so that I can attach both my desktop PC & my NAS, but I believe that if I just connected a standard Ethernet hub/switch to the wireless bridge and then connected the devices to the hub/switch this would suffice (although having the whole thing in one box would obviously be a lot better).
So basically I have two questions:
a) Is what I've put above all technically correct or am I missing some hazards?
b) Anybody got any recommendations or links to suitable devices? I notice some wireless routers have bridge or relay modes, but my understanding is that they're designed to establish a new wireless network and are unablele to connect to the existing wireless network.