Powerline Adapter and Wifi Booster together?

mricon

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Hi there

I hope someone can help me with this please...

Basically, I have powerline adapters in my home for various things around the house (TP-Link 500Mbps) and they have been really great for me. Also, to help boost the wifi upstairs in my house I have been using a wifi extender (Netgear WN3000RP) for a few years for phone wifi etc.

Anyway, just recently the extender has been unreliable. Yesterday, on Amazon Prime day, I nearly purchased the Neatgear Orbi set but, even at a reduced price, it seemed expensive / excessive.

Which got me thinking - Is it possible to plug a wifi booster into a spare socked on one of my powerline adapters. In other words, buy something that can receive it's signal over ethernet but transmit wifi? I thought that might be a good solution if something like that exists?

All suggestions, recommendations or alternatives gratefully received!

Thank you.
 
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I run powerlines all round the house & use a separate router plugged into the conservatory to give me wireless access in the garden & grounds.

Works wonderfully (im sat outside using it now because my phone doesn't even pick up the network from my main router in the front bedroom)

TP-Link 300 Mbps Wireless N Cable Router, Easy Setup, WPS Button, (TL-WR841N) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001FWYGJS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_5O3tBbAMCM3KS

Pulls 120mbs on the back garden.
Any wi-fi router can do that. Just set it in access point mode (connect cable to lan port (not wan port) and disable built in dhcp service).
 

mricon

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That sounds great. Assuming that it's not too long to explain, how do I disable the dchp service please?
 
If your powerline adapters work great, no need to clog up the airway with increasingly WIFI power, since u potentially can have an ethernet jack in every room, heck u can install an AP in every room. Reduce transmit power to avoid "breeding" into the next room.
 
I run powerlines all round the house & use a separate router plugged into the conservatory to give me wireless access in the garden & grounds.

Works wonderfully (im sat outside using it now because my phone doesn't even pick up the network from my main router in the front bedroom)

TP-Link 300 Mbps Wireless N Cable Router, Easy Setup, WPS Button, (TL-WR841N) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001FWYGJS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_5O3tBbAMCM3KS

Pulls 120mbs on the back garden.
 
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