Okay IT junkies:
I am receiving WiFi through Xfinity WiFi using a directional yagi antenna on my roof. It is connected to my PCI card on my desktop
How do I reliably rebroadcast this signal throughout my house?
(I was doing it before using windows 10 mobile hotspot but it is super buggy.)
#asknostr #IT #WiFi #networking
could I use an Ethernet cable going from my PC into a WiFi router? Do I need to bridge the connection? 😬😭
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Yes, no bridging, just routing
basically connect one Network to another via routing. Then connect to your local WiFi and go 🤙🏽
Depending on your setup you need to deactivate one of the DHCP Servers. Then let your WiFi Router be a DHCP Client and then route all Traffic through that interface where the ext world is connected to. I know this sounds hard for non IT people but this is basically how you do it.
Nice. recommended WiFi router? Do I need a $100 one? I only get 30mbps :/
Depends .. you could still use a good WiFi 6 or 7 Router to maintain a good local network. Asus RT-AX88U - you can setup MerlinWRT on it and profit from Open Source Capabilities. It can replace PiHole while managing all your home network. You can also increase your privacy by using dnscrypto and dns over https. Use Cake QoS to get best Performance.
My setup is exactly this
Yagi antenna - n cable - sma adapter - Intel ax210 PCI adapter - Xfinity WiFi - IVPN
Basically im trying to rebroadcast this connection so I can connect my phone, and my s9 miner in the basement 😬
Hmmm … basically you could also just use a so called WiFi Repeater. You see, using a router does not guarantee that you can capture one WiFi and broadcast another. In fact, most of them only allow you to connect via cable to the ext world and then broadcast WiFi. Your WiFi router must at least be able to do so. So maybe you are better off using a simple Repeater. It is cheap, dumb and can also be buggy. Make shure the repeater has a very good connection before repeating!
OK I think I get it. Just need a router now.
Agree! Watch out for Asus Routers capable of running MerlinWRT ⚡️thanks 🙌
Do i really need custom foss firmware?
Nope
I suppose pretty much any modern router will work eh?
As long as you can connect rj45 / patch cable to your WiFi-receiver I guess. If not you’re better off using one or more WiFi repeaters. It is just easier to setup. If you are unhappy with performance decrease the distance between repeaters and buy more of them. As long as there is no patch cable between them it will always only get slower with increasing distance and number of repeaters.
Damn I know I did this on Windows but it was once about 8 years ago and I do not remember what I used. You can turn a PCIe WiFi adapter into a WiFi router though. I've done it a couple times on Linux but I know I did it with Windows 10 once. If it hits me I'll reply again. Sorry I can't help more.
Okay … generally Linux is the way to go. You could use a VM. Connect your PCI Card and your WiFi Device to the VM if possible. As a vm you could use OpenWRT. Connect to its web interface (if you managed to setup all devices), setup the connection, setup an ssid with password and you should be fine!
UPDATE: I Did get it working but there was a lot of issues
I bought a cheap tplink router $40, plugged it straight into the PC and shared my WiFi connection with it. (Win 10 network settings)
However, this disabled the use of VPN on my PC. Very inconvenient. I couldn't figure out how to bridge both wifi, eth(WiFi router) and virtual eth (IVPN)
But it feels good to get the S9 running again
I WiFi repeated may be a better option, ill try that later
