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Scenario:
- 3 floor townhouse (top floor, middle floor, first floor AND basement)
- Verizon Fios Wireless Modem/Router in basement
- The 4 ethernet ports on the router are connected to various ethernet plates throughout the house (min 1 per floor)
Given my setup, I'd like to enhance the WiFi signal on my 3rd floor. What type of device can I plug into the ethernet plate on my 3rd floor to reblast the WiFi signal? I'd like to keep the same SSID. I've tried the wireless extenders that grab the current wifi signal and reblast it (little ones that plug into outlets) and I've never had much success with them, so I'd like something that plugs directly into the ethernet port on my 3rd floor.
Why would try to 'grab' an already weak and thus slow signal rather than use wired access to rebroadcast from? That does not suffer from signal degration to (due distance, walls etc) and it is not on a shared medium. So why not just plug in a Wireless Access Point into such an existing wired connection ? – Hennes – 2015-04-25T18:42:28.927
I'm pretty sure that is what I'm asking. I do NOT want to use a device that tries to take an existing wifi signal and enhance it. I want something that plugs into my router (via my ethernet wall plate.) – Brian David Berman – 2015-04-25T18:43:42.263
1Such a device is called a 'Wireless Access Point'. – Hennes – 2015-04-25T18:44:47.360
So... router => wall plate => wireless access point => done? – Brian David Berman – 2015-04-25T18:47:14.040
2Yes. Though finding a pure wireless accesspoint might be a challenge. Most of the time these devices come in a single box which combines the WAP, routing and a switch. You can usually disable the extra functionality. Which means that you might already have suitable hardware. Just configure it not to use the weak wireless signal but the wall connection as a source. – Hennes – 2015-04-25T19:01:00.210
@Hennes That's basically the answer to this question, and probably should be an answer, rather than a comment.... – mattdm – 2015-04-25T19:09:01.143
I am sure there must be a dozen duplicate question already, but yeah. – Hennes – 2015-04-25T19:17:18.077