[SOLVED] Access point internet connection through ethernet wall port?

[Brick90]

Hi everyone,

Does access point need to be connected directly to the router or would it also work if I connect it to an ethernet port in the wall?

The reason I'm asking is because the router is downstairs in the house I live in, but the wifi connection is very poor in my upstairs room. I have an ethernet wall port in my room and I can connect to internet via ethernet cable, but I want to connect wirelessly. I was going to get an access point but all the articles I've read mentions that it needs to be connected to the router.

I wanted to ask whether I can use access point if I connect it to the ethernet wall port instead of connecting it to the router.

Thanks in advance for any reply.

 

[Secret-Squirrel]

..........................I was going to get an access point but all the articles I've read mentions that it needs to be connected to the router................................

If you live in an average size house then it will make no difference at all if you connect the AP directly to the back of your router or the Ethernet port in your bedroom.

 

[SkyNetRising]

I wanted to ask whether I can use access point if I connect it to the ethernet wall port instead of connecting it to the router.

Wall port is connected to router - either directly or via ethernet switch (no difference).
So - yes, you can plug in access point there.

 

[bill001g]

The jack is the wall is nothing magic it is just a ethernet cable that you can't see. It really is no different than if you ran a long ethernet cable over the floor to the router.

 

[kanewolf]

Does access point need to be connected directly to the router or would it also work if I connect it to an ethernet port in the wall?

The key point to your question, is that the OTHER END of the wall port needs to be connected to the router. Plugging an AP into a non-functioning wall port does nothing to improve your WIFI.