Setting up a router to use cabled internet.

[danrivett286]

Okay description for title probably wasn't the best, but basically I have bought a holiday home that does have internet but basically to have it work I have a long range WIFI receiver that pugs into USB and that works great downloading at like 6/7mb/s...

Anyway I currently use software from the computer so i can use wifi If i use windows 10 sharing it just crashes and is useless so i use a program called connectify which works TO A POINT.. its a bit finicky.. anyway I want t know if there's a way to plug a router into the ethernet socket on my pc, so that the router can share the internet?

Any help would be great received.

 

[kanewolf]

Get a long range WIFI device that isn't USB. Get one that is ethernet output and use a regular router.

 

[danrivett286]

Already have the long range wifi receiver.. And it wasnt cheap either so Id prefer to keep using it bud.

 

[kanewolf]

Using your PC as a network device is a bad implementation. Because you made a bad purchase previously, isn't justification for another bad implementation.

 

[danrivett286]

Lol, its the only thing I could find that worked, i purchased 4 long range wifi receivers, and they was all USB... Not asking for an amazing network its just a holiday home, I just want to be able to share my network on wifi... I just want to know how one would go about connecting a router to a pc via ethernet so it shared my computers internet....

 

[failboat]

If you can create a virtual bridge on your pc and have your usb device in that and your NIC you can then plug an access point into the NIC.

 

[danrivett286]

As i said its only a holiday home, so will only be on 4 to 6 weeks a year.. anyway il have solved it i just bridged the wifi and the router getting 40meg wireless download so works a charm.