Can i use an acces point as a wifi receiver (see picture)

[sidekick99]

So my question is: could i use an acces point upstairs as wifi receiver and connect it to my pc (wired/with cable) ?? (see picture)

http://imgur.com/a/DX5TA

 

[little_me]

I think you are looking for the term "range extender" which exist, they are a bit different to access points in that they don't require wired connection to work.
Some AP's could work but it depends on if they support the "act as extender" feature or not.

As example with extender that has ports to plug computers/other things in, Netgear N600 is one.

 

[sidekick99]

Well i know a wifi extender would work but i don't have wifi in my pc :/ so i need something that would turn my wifi signal into a wired signal (a usb dongle wouldn't be an option because i have really bad signal where my pc is located)

 

[little_me]

well, you have a router with wifi, right?

Range extender will connect to that wifi signal and rebroadcast it as wifi, extending it's range.
Range extender with ports will allow you to connect WIRED things to it in addition to wireless.

so..
Router->wifi->Range extender->wire to computer

 

[sidekick99]

I didn't know that 😉 thanks i'll look for a wifi extender with ports then.

 

[Solandri]

If your access point has a client mode, you can use it as a giant WiFi receiver connected via ethernet. If it doesn't have a client mode, you might be able to replace its firmware with 3rd party firmware like DD-WRT which supports client mode capability.

https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

Note: Are you sure you have an access point and not a router? Except for a few commercial models, standalone access points haven't been sold for about 10 years now. it was cheaper just to combine their functionality with a router. And if you do the above with a WiFi router, you have to be careful to turn off the DHCP server or you'll screw up other people's network connections.

 

[bill001g]

I really wish the manufactures would use consitent terms. The term "range extender" can mean anything so you have to be very careful.

There are basically 3 devices. A AP which does the same function as a router just without the router part. A clinet-bridge which is what you are looking for and in effect is a wireless nic card that you connect via ethernet. The last is the wireless repeater which is sorta a combination of a client-bridge sorta cabled internally to a AP.

You can find dedicated client-bridge devices if you look, most are designed for outdoor use but will work indoors also. You need to read the fine print on "range extender" devices and see if they use the term clinet-bridge. You want to disable the wireless repeater part if at all possible since it degrade the wireless signal and is silly to have on if you are not going to use it.