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Good morning to all

Background: in an old 5 story house.

I need some help and advice here re the purchase of the right equipment for my computer network needs. Now I have a BT Infinity connection on the ground floor from which runs a cable to the second floor. Those on the ground, first and second floors can also connect with wi-fi with no problems. I also have a cable running to the top (fourth) floor and here I have a Netgear 5 port switch running a couple of cables.

The question I have here relates to this top floor where wi-fi does not reach and I want to connect my iPad / iPhone / other wireless devices.

Can I replace the Netgear 5 port switch with something similar that also broadcasts a wi-fi signal? If so, what would this be called / any recommendations as to a good brand / model?

I hope this makes sense and you can be of some help.

Sincerely,

Ged
 
I have a D-link Dir-615 N router bought for £7 off ebay as a wireless extender connected by cable to the main router. just go into the settings and turn off DHCP and give it a static IP for easy logging in to change config in future.

connected devices will get their IP from your main router.
 
Thank you both Neil and Robert; I will see what I can come up with an no doubt be back with a few more questions.
 
There are wireless extenders that you can use on the mains power sockets in the house. A lot less faff to setup. Only caveat is they must be on the same board as each other I believe.
 
neil_g said:
if you go down the old/spare router, erm route, just make sure it has the capability to do DHCP passthrough and the ability to set manual DNS as not all will.
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All of that is beyond my capacity I'm sorry to say :(
 
Paul_Westhead said:
There are wireless extenders that you can use on the mains power sockets in the house. A lot less faff to setup. Only caveat is they must be on the same board as each other I believe.
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This sounds like it could be helpful. Can you recommend one, point to an online line please?
 
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