Using old routers for wireless connectivity.

[Whiffle]

I have just moved two computers (a desktop and a NAS) to a room that has no ethernet socket in it - something that I hope to put in within the next few months.

I was looking into buying a couple of cheap wireless USB adapters to tide me over but have come across a number of sites talking about using old routers, from ISP provides, to connect you to your network, wirelessly, but via ethernet.

If I could connect both computers to a single router and connect this to my home network, that would be the perfect (and free solution). However, it does look like this sort of thing gets pretty complicated. Is it worth going down the rabbit hole with this or should I just buy the USB adapters?

 

[Whiffle]

Thanks guys - shall just buy a cheapy device to keep me going.

There seem to be a lot of terms out there, what is the different (if any) between the following):

* Access Point
* Repeater
* Range Extender
* Ethernet Bridge

I don't want to end up buying the wrong thing.