Wireless network help

[evulboo]

Hi chaps, after some advice/help. We have just been given a completion date for our new house. We had a viewing today and they showed us it has fibre to the property, it comes in to the cupboard under the stairs.

Now currently at home I have all my TV equipment plugged into a switch followed into the router.

Question is what equipment would I need to buy to connect to switch from my TV unit wirelessly to the router that will live under the stairs in the new house as I don't want to go chasing cables through walls etc.

Regards
Phill

 

[Avalon]

Hi chaps, after some advice/help. We have just been given a completion date for our new house. We had a viewing today and they showed us it has fibre to the property, it comes in to the cupboard under the stairs.

Now currently at home I have all my TV equipment plugged into a switch followed into the router.

Question is what equipment would I need to buy to connect to switch from my TV unit wirelessly to the router that will live under the stairs in the new house as I don't want to go chasing cables through walls etc.

Regards
Phill

Surely as it’s a new build and this isn’t the 1900’s you will have specified cabling to each room when you agreed to buy it? If not you should still have access ducting for cables/pipes. Arrange/pull cables now, it will be a LOT easier than doing it after you move in.

Failing that run a cable to each floor in a central location and drop it down to a decent AP, again much easier before carpets go down. If that doesn’t fill you with happy thoughts, consider a mesh system. Personally I really wouldn’t skimp on running cables, if the carpets/flooring isn’t down, then it’s a simple job.

 

[BigT]

Everything @Avalon said, although to answer your question of what connects a switch and the devices plugged into it to your wireless router that would be called a wireless bridge. Old routers can often act as one, sometimes also labelled as acting in “client mode” in my experience.

 

[evulboo]

Thank you for getting back to me, the house is near completion and i do not have access now until complete. Carpets have all been laid all walls painted etc so for the moment I'm looking to go for the wireless option plus I don't think the wife would be happy me chasing cables in on day 1!!

I will have bt home hub and 10port netgear switch. Which "wireless bridge" would be best to go for?

Phill

 

[BigT]

How much performance do you need? If it’s just a TV and won’t do more than say an UHD Netflix stream then any modern device would do the job. I’ve used a TP-Link TL-WA901ND to do what you want which is about £30.

Another option you have is powerline networking. I don’t like it though so am loathed to recommend it. You’d plug an adapter into the wall and Ethernet to your switch and the same at the router end and the network signal gets sent over the mains cables.