I have an existing ethernet 100meg LAN and I want to add a wireless capability. I have looked at some products and it is confusing. There are:
Range extenders for about 40-50 UK GBP (equiv $65 US). Eg Netgear WN3000RP or WN2000RPT. But they mention extending the range of an existing wireless network? So not appropriate for my situation? How do they work? Or could I use this?
Wireless range extenders - eg TP-Link TL-WA730RE. But unit is only UK 15 GBP (around $25 US). Is this basically a signal amplifier?
Any suggestions on what to buy would be most appreciated.
Answer
Pretty much any router with wireless capability can be added to your network as a bridge, enabling wireless devices to be connected. Even the least expensive models can have the DHCP functions disabled, so that any connected device will be assigned an IP address from the same source as the wired devices.
If you extend your searches for "Wireless Access Point" and sort through the devices you find, you will see that some of them offer the ability to do this as well... namely connect them to an ethernet cable on an existing network and add wireless connectivity. However, you should find that the price of these devices will be approximately the same as an inexpensive wireless router. In some cases, you will find them to actually be more expensive than wireless routers.
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