Wireless 'Bridge'?

[neoncode]

I'm looking to add more devices to my network, to clarify I'll explain how it is now.

I have a Netgear Router upstairs that connects to the internet and connects with a wired connection to the computers that happen to be next to it. But we also have a computer connected to the TV downstairs. This connects with a Netgear Wi-Fi dongle (just, the connection strength is low).

Also downstairs with the TV we have a Blu-Ray player, a Sky+HD box and a Wii. The Wii also connects to the wireless connection, but it's a pain to update whenever I change the WPA key.

Since the Blu-Ray box would benefit from internet access, and Sky might decide to use the Ethernet in the future, I thought that it would be useful to get some kind of 'Wireless Bridge'. By that I mean a device that will be always-on and connect to the wireless network provided by the router, and extend it to an Ethernet connection to which I can plug in the existing computer as well as everything else. (The Wii has an adapter for Ethernet, I'd prefer it connected to another device to handle the Wi-Fi so I can more easily change the WPA key.)

What devices are there like this? And is this a good way of adding these devices to my network?

 

[Guest]

http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/Bridges

Grumpy

 

[magruder13]

Another thing you can do is take an ethernet cord from your computer and string it down near the wireless items that are out of range and attach a wireless access point, its basically just the wireless function of your router but you can put it anywhere and it will connect just like a wireless router, but u cannot connect wired to it.