Setting up wireless in room, from ethernet cable.

Hi everyone. Currently in my house we have a wireless router downstairs, however the wireless connection doesn't really reach to my room. Instead, we had an ethernet cable run all the way to my room through the attic. This has been perfect, except recently, now I have alot of wireless devices up here, and would like to use wireless instead of keep having to plug the cable in to each device.

I don't feel using the cable is an option anymore. Is there something, like some sort of device by which I can plug into the ethernet cable in my room, and thus give me wireless to the wireless devices in my room? ( I am hoping that it can be as simple as this)

Thanks for any help.

 

Well yes you could always connect a router to the Ethernet wire and configure the router to create a wireless network.

 

You want a wireless access point (think wireless router without the routing part).

 

Thanks, I know what to look for now, are they quite easy to set up?

 

If you get a Wireless Access Point, you would just have to match the settings to those on your existing Wireless Router. From security to wireless mode settings...almost everything should be exact.

Edit: IMO it's not difficult...an it should also come with good instructions.

 

Well initially they are simple to set up. But in your situation it may be difficult pending on what exactly the other side of the Ethernet wire is coming from. If its coming from another router that uses NAT then you may run into a conflict ( Happens a lot when two routers are connected to each other. ) What you need to do is connect the wire into the LAN port not the WAN an either set up the router as a bridge or enable DHCP and change the Subnet..

 

Alright cool, thanks for the help all!

 

If you want you can just add another router and give it a unique name. I'm doing this at the moment and it works perfectly. Plus you still have a full router if you leave and go and move somewhere else.