- Mar 15, 2003
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Here's the network set up as is:
2nd floor (home office): apple airport extreme hooked up directly to cable modem. Powerline networking adapter
1st floor: powerline network hooked up to apple tv/tivo/etc.
The problem is that wifi on the 1st floor is mediocre at best. I have quite a few low-to-mid end 802.11n routers lying around (from belkin, linksys, and a generic z-something that can be used as a wireless game adapter or a repeater).
What's the best way to use what I have to extended the network downstairs. Just hooking up a wireless router to my powerline network downstairs works, but screws up network shared drives for some reason.
Solution one: hooked up wifi router to powerline
solution two: use the game adapter in repeater mode
Solution three: ?
Which is my best option? Thanks!
2nd floor (home office): apple airport extreme hooked up directly to cable modem. Powerline networking adapter
1st floor: powerline network hooked up to apple tv/tivo/etc.
The problem is that wifi on the 1st floor is mediocre at best. I have quite a few low-to-mid end 802.11n routers lying around (from belkin, linksys, and a generic z-something that can be used as a wireless game adapter or a repeater).
What's the best way to use what I have to extended the network downstairs. Just hooking up a wireless router to my powerline network downstairs works, but screws up network shared drives for some reason.
Solution one: hooked up wifi router to powerline
solution two: use the game adapter in repeater mode
Solution three: ?
Which is my best option? Thanks!
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