Linking 2 routers via Ethernet wallsocket

grease-monkey

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Greetings All

Noobish question and I couldn't find the solution anywhere online.

So I moved into a new apartment and got my own fiber-optic internet connection which is linked through a wireless access point connected via ethernet cable to the wall socket in my living room. Now it's been a few months and I have since fully transformed one of the empty bedrooms into a legendary Gaming/Music room; i hope by now you can already guess what my predicament is, I need a solution that can offer me lag-free access to the router in my living room,
NO RANGE EXTENDERS
NO 30' ETHERNET CABLE TRIP HAZARDS

Now i noticed that there is an internet wall-socket in every room of my apartment which i assume means they're all interconnected somehow so here's my question...

Will I be able to link 2 routers via wall sockets from different rooms in the same house? and if so how? and will i be compromising on connection speed by doing this? any advantages? disadvantages? i'll need the whole shebang on the issue if someone out there doesn't mind.

Thanks
 
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Yes, Either an ethernet switch or a straight wire can connect LAN to LAN on router. The slave router should be configured as an access point and not a router.
There is no way to know. We don't know what is on the other end of the cables going to those rooms. If this were a house, you would be in control of both ends of the wire. In an apartment, you aren't. They might be interconnected, or they might not. No way to know.
 


Thanks, i'll be looking into the matter with whoever in my apartment building is in charge, but let's say for the sake of argument that those wall sockets are indeed interconnected, is it in theory possible to link 2 routers through them?

thanks

 


Yes, Either an ethernet switch or a straight wire can connect LAN to LAN on router. The slave router should be configured as an access point and not a router.
 
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