An AT&T U-Verse modem/wireless router was just installed (1st floor) and the wireless signal does not reach to the opposite corner of the 2nd floor where a computer sits. I need advice on extending that range. Here's what I've done so far.
1. I had an ASUS AC68U router which I positioned on the second floor and configured it as a range extender. It connected but was unacceptably slow.
2. I then configured the ASUS router as an access point. But that meant I needed to connect it via wired ethernet to the AT&T modem/router on the other floor. So I ran an ethernet cable from the AT&T modem/router across the floor to an ethernet wall plug from which a cable runs to a plug on the second floor. I ran a cable from that plug to the ASUS router on the second floor thus connecting it via wired ethernet to the AT&T modem/router. Now the computer connects at acceptable speeds. BUT...I have an ethernet cable running across the floor. I'm looking for less expensive options than putting a cable in the wall.
3. The AT&T Modem/router has a phone line connector but there is no phone line outlet anywhere close enough to be feasible.
4. The AT&T Modem/router has a coax connector and a nearby coax outlet, but there is no coax outlet anywhere close to where the 2nd floor computer is located.
5. I originally thought a powerline adaptor could work -- connecting the second floor computer to the powerline adaptor, then plugging the wifi adaptor into an electrical outlet on the first floor in the room with the AT&T router/modem so it could connect wirelessly to the AT&T modem/router.. However all the descriptions I read said the powerline adaptor had to be connected via cable to the router (not the computer) -- or just backwards from what I envisioned.
Thus, at this point, putting the ethernet cable in the wall seems like the only practical option.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
Dale
1. I had an ASUS AC68U router which I positioned on the second floor and configured it as a range extender. It connected but was unacceptably slow.
2. I then configured the ASUS router as an access point. But that meant I needed to connect it via wired ethernet to the AT&T modem/router on the other floor. So I ran an ethernet cable from the AT&T modem/router across the floor to an ethernet wall plug from which a cable runs to a plug on the second floor. I ran a cable from that plug to the ASUS router on the second floor thus connecting it via wired ethernet to the AT&T modem/router. Now the computer connects at acceptable speeds. BUT...I have an ethernet cable running across the floor. I'm looking for less expensive options than putting a cable in the wall.
3. The AT&T Modem/router has a phone line connector but there is no phone line outlet anywhere close enough to be feasible.
4. The AT&T Modem/router has a coax connector and a nearby coax outlet, but there is no coax outlet anywhere close to where the 2nd floor computer is located.
5. I originally thought a powerline adaptor could work -- connecting the second floor computer to the powerline adaptor, then plugging the wifi adaptor into an electrical outlet on the first floor in the room with the AT&T router/modem so it could connect wirelessly to the AT&T modem/router.. However all the descriptions I read said the powerline adaptor had to be connected via cable to the router (not the computer) -- or just backwards from what I envisioned.
Thus, at this point, putting the ethernet cable in the wall seems like the only practical option.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
Dale