Ideas for connecting Wi-Fi to an Ethernet adapter across floors—from second-floor apartment to basement.
Ideas for connecting Wi-Fi to an Ethernet adapter across floors—from second-floor apartment to basement.
Hey there! I've been working on this project for years and thought it might help to get some outside advice. I own an extra PC that I use as a hobby server or NAS. It's currently in the corner of our living room, but my goal has always been to move it into the basement. I don’t want to dig from inside the apartment up to the shared stairwell. I need a wireless setup so the signal can travel from inside the apartment to the stairwell. Once there, I can run cables all the way down to the basement. The signal should be able to pass through one or two thick walls, but not too far. My phone has a strong Wi-Fi signal inside the stairwell. Right now I’m planning to set up an Access Point that acts as a Wi-Fi adapter to an Ethernet port, then run about 50 meters of cat cable down to the basement. We’re on the second floor and need to reach the -1 basement level, using some pathways to get there. There are holes and cable management points all the way down to the basement room from the stairwell. I’m looking for feedback on this idea and any device suggestions you might have.
I've tried it earlier and achieved excellent results with the TP-LINK TL-WR802N.