Home Networking

11 readers

1 users here now

A community to help people learn, install, set up or troubleshoot their home network equipment and solutions.

Rules

Please stay on topic.
Please use the search function to look for keywords related to what you want to ask before posting since most common issues have been answered.
No Ads. This community is for support and discussion. Ads and self promotion are not welcome here.
No product reviews or announcements. If you have a question about a product, be specific about what you want to know.
Be civil. Don't be a jerk. Not being a jerk is surprisingly easy.
No URL shorteners. URL shorteners tend to hide the real use of a link. For this reason, please use normal links, even if they're long.
No affiliate links.
No gatekeeping. With profession shall come professionalism. Extend help without judging others for their ignorance. The same goes for downvoting of comments or posts for "stupid questions" or not being as knowledgeable as others.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

communick@selfhosted.forum

rglullis@communick.news

Should I just daisy Chain a Room Router into my Fios Router (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by RimRunningRagged@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I have my Fios wireless router in the garage. My home office is on the topmost floor in the corner furthest away from the garage. My gaming PC and work laptop are connected to a switch that is connected via the wall Ethernet outlet. This is perfectly fine for those two machines, but I get garbage reception for my phone and tablet in this room.

Should I change the switch to a wireless router? I assume a WiFi repeater wouldn't work, unless it's place on a lower floor with decent reception, since these don't have an input Ethernet port and receive the signal wirelessly themselves?

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] fakemanhk@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Just a home router in AP mode would work for you.

[–] mcribgaming@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Keep the switch and add a dedicated Access Point in your office to give you a new strong source of WiFi in that area. The Access Point I recommend for such scenarios s the Ubiquiti U6 Lite or Pro.

You can also use any off-the-shelf, all-in-one router like an ASUS or Netgear to do the same thing. Just put this router into "Access Point Mode" according to its manual. You can either just attach it to your current switch, or use the router's 4 built in LAN ports as a switch and then use your existing switch elsewhere.

[–] narbss@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I think the U6 Lite is pretty much replaced by the U6+ now