On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 05:09:02PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > Folks: > > At some point this year, I'm moving into a new house, and it is not wired > for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local > internet provider will likely provide a wireless router, as they all do. My > idea is to put a device which receives wireless signal from the > router/modem, and has an RJ45 jack in it in each room. So each room would > have one of these, and the devices in it would be hooked to that device via > cat 5e. I hope that's clear. > > I'd like to shop for such a device, but I don't know what it's called. Can > anyone provide advice, and possibly preferred brand names? I'd appreciate > it. >
I did some more research, and it looks like I must have misstated the problem. Let's assume I can't get in the attic and wire the place. Let's assume that I've got a wireless router/modem in, say, the garage. Let's say I have three rooms with devices I want to connect (one way or another) to my router/modem. It appears there are two solutions. One is wifi extenders, and one is a mesh network. In both cases, the device sits in the room and communicates via wifi to the modem/router. The devices in the room connect to the device via ethernet cable. How does that sound? Any dissenting opinions? Any brand recommendations? Paul -- Paul M. Foster Personal Blog: http://noferblatz.com Company Site: http://quillandmouse.com Software Projects: https://gitlab.com/paulmfoster
