![]() It was about half this when I was using the router's internal antenna, and was also more variable.Īlternatively, if your ISP's connection regularly fails then you should annoy them until it stops happening, this shouldn't be a normal situation that you have to put up with. I do have loft aerials pointed right at the phone tower plugged into the router, and get around 50-60Mb down, 30Mb up, at least a mile from the tower. So our home calls go via the router and the mobile calls package. You could either use the mobile or a dedicated 4G router - ours has a phone socket, into which I've plugged the home cordless phone base station. Here in the UK for example you can now get unlimited data and calls for around £20 per month. Personally, my inclination would be to stop compensating and ditch the unreliable connection altogether and switch to 4G alone - depending on whether you can get a decent mobile tariff where you live. You could use the phone's hotspot as a backup option, but you'd probably need to manually switch wifi networks on the laptop if the connection fails. ![]() I have a 4G (LTE) router, which also has a LAN port, and it's capable of being connected to your existing modem/router and using its 4G connection as a backup. Depending on the idiot cell companies and their rules you might be able to just swap the sim into the modem when you need it. Maybe the simpler solution would be to get asus router that actually has support for a backup connection and a supported modem. They are a little complex to setup because they have so many features. Something like a nanoloco ac is about $50. Although it is designed for outdoor use ubiquiti equipment can run in client-bridge mode and most models can also provide the router function. Some repeater/extenders run that way but again you have to watch out for the WDS. The key feature you need on the wifi bridge is it runs in client-bridge mode. You connect a wifi bridge intot he wan port of a normal router. You would want a router that has wifi as its WAN port. The only way you get around this is to make your connection appear to be a single device. In any case the problem is many phone hotspots do not have the WDS feature enabled which means you can not use a simple repeater to solve this. In some ways this violates the security of the wifi. The problem is these repeaters use a function called WDS to allow multiple mac addresses to be carried over a encrypted wifi connection. If you only had a single device you could use a so called extender/repeater and even then not all will work. BUT the cell phone makers again make this difficult. So this generally means you need to use a wireless solution. There are only a small number of phone manufactures that have provided the data so drivers can be written for routers. The problem is there is a big difference using a phone and a wireless modem. Asus has a large list of supported device but the largest list is dd-wrt third party firmware image. There are quite a few now days that can accept a wireless modem. It's up to you, if you give either wifi network the same name and password as your main one then your devices should seamlessly switch between them, depending on which gives the best signal strength.Īll depends on the router. You will also be able to choose whether it provides wifi too, both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. ![]() It needs to be placed where it will get a reliable wifi connection and is in reach of your laptop. When you first connect it up you get a wizard that guides you through, it will ask how you want it to operate. ![]() I have one working in each mode, and both work very well. It's capable of either connecting via wired to your router and providing a wifi access point, or connecting via wifi to your router and providing both wifi and wired connections. I have two myself, mine are Netgear EX3700 which I'd highly recommend. You need a wifi extender but, importantly, one that has a wired network port. am I right in saying that the requirement is to connect a wired-only PC to a wireless connection? If so then forget the phone, if it's possible to connect a wired port to your phone then it would be needlessly expensive and complicated.
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