XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   On Sat, 4 Mar 2023 08:57:37 -0500, Newyana2 wrote:   
      
      
   >   I wonder if it's worth the trouble. I have spare routers,   
   > but when I wanted to go over five wired connections I   
   > just bought a network switch. I think it was $25 for a   
   > 4-port switch, which works as easily as a multi-receptacle   
   > extension cord. Some connections are fixed IP. Some are   
   > DHCP. The router handles that. (I like to avoid wifi for   
   > security and efficiency. So I've got 50' or 100' cables at   
   > Home Depot and run them next to the forced hot air   
   > heat ducts to bring ethernet outlets to the whole house.)   
      
   Who wouldn't want extended range for free without cost or waste?   
   And who wouldn't want to save landfills from one more piece of waste?   
      
   My thoughts are that I hate to waste things, and buying a new "anything" is   
   a tremendous waste for the environment if everyone acted that way.   
      
   I would also say most people could use a few more ports, but as some noted,   
   they never hook voip phones or cellular mini towers or network printers or   
   additional wired access points or wired repeaters and the like to their   
   main home router so most of its ports are probably unused already.   
      
   But I would assume almost everyone not living in a one-bedroom flat would   
   like to have increased signal strength in the furthest places of the home.   
      
   Most people, I would think, would be like me in that they don't want to   
   string wires so what's left is the choice of using the extra router as   
   [1] smart switch (I later realized a switch can also be an access point)   
   [2] access point (which is a switch and an access point)   
   [3] wireless repeater (which also has access points)   
   [4] wireless client bridge (which also has access point)   
   [5] wired pc wireless range extender (connected to the client bridge)   
      
   What's confusing now that I think more deeply of what a typical wireless   
   home router can do is that almost every option starts looking like the same   
   thing if you're not bridging networks. They all seem to have access points.   
      
   Am I correct in assuming that every option listed above in some way can   
   "extend the range" of your signal when set up on a typical home router?   
      
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