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I am living in an apartment connected to a wireless network. I don't know anything about the physical router. There is no ethernet wall jack. Can I purchase a new router, set it up on this connection, then connect to it through an ethernet cable to attain a faster/more stable connection?
Infamous911
Posted 2016-06-17T21:43:47.860
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There are definitely devices that can connect a wired Ethernet device to a wireless network, but there's no reason to assume that any such device would give you a more stable connection to the wireless network than the built-in wireless interfaces on the devices you already own. The radio and antennas in such wired->wireless Ethernet adapter could be just as crappy as the radio and antennas in your laptop or tablet or smartphone.
The only clear advantage of using such a device is when the place you like to sit when working on your laptop is a place where the signal is poor. You could position the wired->wireless Ethernet adapter in a place where you know it always gets good signal, and then run a long Ethernet cable from it to wherever you want to sit when actually working on your laptop.
Spiff
Posted 2016-06-17T21:43:47.860
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You have to supply us with more information. You not knowing anything about the router, means, this question cannot be answered. – Ramhound – 2016-06-17T21:53:17.067
I'm asking if it is possible to set up a new router on a wireless connection without knowing anything about the router that currently provides me with this wireless connection – Infamous911 – 2016-06-17T21:54:59.813
If you know nothing about the router then you can not purchase a router that's capatible since you don't know anything about the router or modem. It's possible to extend a network but you need to know something about the hardware on the network to do that. So find out about the hardware.... – Ramhound – 2016-06-17T22:03:56.460
What does it take for a router to be compatible in this situation? – Infamous911 – 2016-06-17T22:08:07.627
Knowing the make and model of the router – Ramhound – 2016-06-17T22:26:35.497
Lets say I know the make and model of the router. How would you figure out what kind of new router I would need for it to be compatible? – Infamous911 – 2016-06-17T22:30:49.427
Update your question to include that information and I will answer your question. – Ramhound – 2016-06-17T22:56:39.427
Are you sure there is a router in the apartment? – David Schwartz – 2016-06-17T23:40:51.707
@DavidSchwartz What would the other options be? – Infamous911 – 2016-06-18T00:34:17.067
@Infamous911 For example, there could be a router for the floor or the building that you have no access to. – David Schwartz – 2016-06-18T00:54:42.993
Yes that is what I think the situation is – Infamous911 – 2016-06-18T12:17:14.137