Extend Wifi through household mains

[CourtesyFlush]

Hi,

I'm looking for some advice on extending my home wifi network (Sky) to my office. The office is in the garden and out of wifi access (or the wifi signal is very weak there). I am aware of homeplug, and currently have homeplug run out to the office which is working fine. The problem is I am having to run the homeplug into a switch (office end) and then cable out from there to my devices.

Is there any way of extending the wifi out to the office, via the homeplug style (ie through the mains) ? I have been googling but it's not clear to me if a device uses homeplug and wifi and in what context, eg does it extend the wifi to a homeplug setup, or extend it to a homeplug setup and additional wifi?

I got rather mudddle with a wifi bridge and don't want to repeat this experience.

TIA

CF

[vetran]

Devolo do a homeplug set with wifi.


or you can get an access point with a switch and change your current switch, then use to set up a second wifi for the office.

[CourtesyFlush]

Devolo do a homeplug set with wifi.


or you can get an access point with a switch and change your current switch, then use to set up a second wifi for the office.

Second wifi would be a different subnet?

[v8gaz]

Using the devolo kit - it just works. Iy also has the advantage that you can move it to a different room if you need it there.

[gingerjedi]

Second wifi would be a different subnet?

No, turn off dhcp and use bridge mode on the 2nd wifi router. You'll need to change the IP range to match the first router and put the second router outside dhcp lease range.

I have that setup, works a treat.

[vetran]

No, turn off dhcp and use bridge mode on the 2nd wifi router. You'll need to change the IP range to match the first router and put the second router outside dhcp lease range.

I have that setup, works a treat.

WGJS+1

[northernladuk]

I had a wireless extender setup using TP Link stuff from Amazon but range of it is extremely limited so didn't quite reach to the hot tub in the garden. Ended up using the second router as already explained and works really well. The only minor gripe is that even though the wireless connection stays up my phone doesn't seem to continue to receive/send data occasionally when I move near the main router. Doesn't seem to happen to anyone else so need to look in to why at some point but it's a minor issue. Turning wireless on and off fixes it so might be the settings.

[Scrag Meister]

I have a cable running from the office at the rear of my house to the lounge, around the outside of the house, to a network socket and then a wireless access point.

Works a treat, well it did before the builder dug into the external cable.

[d000hg]

I had a wireless extender setup using TP Link stuff from Amazon but range of it is extremely limited so didn't quite reach to the hot tub in the garden.

WTF do you need WiFi in your hot tub for?

[northernladuk]

WTF do you need WiFi in your hot tub for?

You could say they same about a champagne chiller and an ashtray but the cigars do get a bit soggy and nothing worse than warm champers baby.

or a less refined answer would be 'cos I can'