The only thing you could do with your existing router is add a wireless access point. But why bother? A new wireless router will have 4 ethernet ports, just like your current router, and a wireless access point costs a lot more than a wireless router (why? - probably because of the lack of demand for wireless access points). Replacing your existing router with a wireless router will give you the ability to connect up to 4 computers by wired ethernet, and up to 250 more computers by wireless. For any computer that does not have a wireless network card, you will have to purchase and install a wireless network card. For desktop computers these can either be USB (which would plug into a USB port) or PCI (which would require installation in an open PCI slot inside the computer).
Do your research on wireless routers a lot of them a basic and you will get “dead” spots thought out your house, but if you live in a apartment or something similar then a basic one should be fine. I have a basic one and it gets bad range on my top floor in the house, old wiring in the house can affects it and huge concrete walls. I would recommend getting something with muti-anatine in side the wireless hub, neat clean and friendly.
Below is how your network would look like after installing an Access Point. For the Desktop computer you would need either a Wireless USB adapter or a Wireless PCI card.
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Do your research on wireless routers a lot of them a basic and you will get “dead” spots thought out your house, but if you live in a apartment or something similar then a basic one should be fine. I have a basic one and it gets bad range on my top floor in the house, old wiring in the house can affects it and huge concrete walls. I would recommend getting something with muti-anatine in side the wireless hub, neat clean and friendly.
Like a net gear mimo?
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