I know very little about setting up networks, so I would like to ask you all for advice. In my house I currently have a router that emits wifi signals at 2.4 GHz and 5Ghz. My router is placed at ground level and I have a couple of ethernet cables running through my house, all the way up to the attic. What I would prefer to do is to have some sort of access point in my attic, that is connected to the router through one of ethernetcables, that will function as ‘amplifier’ for my wifi.

What I saw online is that a repeater performs this job, but is usually presented as a device that picks up the wireless signal and amplifies that instead of signals coming from a wired connection. Can I set a repeater up in the way I described?

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    1 year ago

    I think u could add another router upstairs, connect Ethernet to lan cable, turn off dhcp and upnp. The router will become your access point and be more reliable than most AP’s.