Bridging routers questions

Sconsey

Hi, I have a wireless router downstairs, wireless does not cover upstairs, old house with thick walls. I have a cat5 cable wired from the router to upstairs. I want to extend the wireless to upstairs.

Looks like connecting a new router to the cat5 upstairs and bridging is my best bet. I have read a lot of threads talking about compatibility between routers so could someone please help with a few questions...
My main rouetr is eircom zysel P 660 hw which is acting as a router but it says it can support bridging so I am assuming it will be ok compatibility wise?
Can anyone recommend a cheap router to act a bridge? Preferably not a modem just a wireless router?

Alternatively has anyone seen any wireless range extenders that take cat5 as input as opposed to picking up existing wireless and boosting that. I can't find any devices that are dedicated bridges.

Thanks.

demanufactured

Just get your hands on any router that has wifi.
disable its dhcp and routing functions and you have a wifi access point.

uphillonly

I use a couple of Apple Airport Expresses connected by Cat6. They are very easy to set up & manage - can be done from an iPhone. The two devices both show the same wifi network. Never notice switching between devices as I wander around. For such a small device the range is very impressive covering floors below & above. Definitely stronger signal than the UPC modem-router it's plugged in to whose wifi network I disabled.

Probably a little pricier (as always with Apple) - I picked them up at Dublin airport - €85, but it works so easily & I also have one connected to a hifi so I can use Airplay.

TheBoffin

Hi,

If you want an out of the box solution then a standard access point will do the job just fine (http://www.komplett.ie/komplett/product/zkb-03netw/20186921/linksys-access-point-wap300n/details.aspx)

AnCatDubh

TheBoffin wrote: »

Hi,

If you want an out of the box solution then a standard access point will do the job just fine (http://www.komplett.ie/komplett/product/zkb-03netw/20186921/linksys-access-point-wap300n/details.aspx)

url typo,

http://www.komplett.ie/komplett/product/zkb-03netw/20186921/linksys-access-point-wap300n/details.aspx