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Wireless signal boosters via ethernet switchboard

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  • 22-09-2012 11:57pm
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    Lame Lantern
    Registered Users Posts: 368 ✭✭


    Hey, we're trying to get broadband sorted for our new weirdly shaped workspace, wondering if anybody could help point us in the right direction?

    Our building has a phone system switchboard and we're looking to install some wireless signal boosters to be able to get wifi everywhere. Previous occupants used wireless broadcast boxes connected by ethernet to the switchboard so I'm hoping to use the same rather than wifi repeaters (could do without the lag). Unfortunately they took them with them so no idea about model numbers etc.

    I've been googling what I need but I'm not turning up any products that fit the description. Also got on to Eircom to see if they supplied anything like what but they didn't seem to understand what I'm talking about.

    Any ideas?


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    rcanpolat
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭rcanpolat


    Lame Lantern wrote: »
    Hey, we're trying to get broadband sorted for our new weirdly shaped workspace, wondering if anybody could help point us in the right direction?

    Our building has a phone system switchboard and we're looking to install some wireless signal boosters to be able to get wifi everywhere. Previous occupants used wireless broadcast boxes connected by ethernet to the switchboard so I'm hoping to use the same rather than wifi repeaters (could do without the lag). Unfortunately they took them with them so no idea about model numbers etc.

    I've been googling what I need but I'm not turning up any products that fit the description. Also got on to Eircom to see if they supplied anything like what but they didn't seem to understand what I'm talking about.

    Any ideas?

    Grab a bunch of supported routers and install Open WRT onto them https://openwrt.org/

    Then have your modem plugged into the switch and from there start setting up the other routers into bridge/repeater mode. Plug them into available ethernet ports throughout the office. The devices will then grab a connection from the modem via the ethernet switch and suck it down the ethernet cable into their routers and broadcast it into the office

    problemo solvo! :D


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