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Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello,

I am currently studying the implementation of a Wifi network in a cold room.
In fact, this cold room has an adjoining office where my BBox is located. The walls of the cold room do not allow Wifi signals to pass through. What is the best solution to bring Wifi into this cold room?
Using an access point that I connect via ethernet to my box?
Using a router (also connected via ethernet to my box)?
Is there a more obvious solution in your opinion?
Knowing that my only option to bring the network into the cold room is through an ethernet cable!!!
Thank you in advance for all the responses you will provide me.
Ptilouis60

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    brupala Posted messages 111145 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 448
     
    Hi,
    well no, the box is already a router,
    you just need a Wi-Fi access point, that's all.
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    and ... There you go!
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    1. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Yes, I suspected as much. Is there always the possibility to connect to an access point via Ethernet? It seemed to me that on many shopping sites, there are no real differences made between access points and Wi-Fi extenders in the different categories offered.
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    2. brupala Posted messages 111145 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 448
       
      Yes, some range extenders today are also capable of acting as access points with their Ethernet port.
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    3. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      The Ethernet port would therefore not only be used for configuring the range extenders, but it would also allow use as an access point, right?
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  2. remanimation Posted messages 326 Status Member 46
     
    Take a router, it's better, and yes, what you said is the best solution...
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    1. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Isn't the router the most complicated solution to configure?
      Wouldn't a kind of repeater (that I would connect via Ethernet) be the solution?
      I found this article on the forum: https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-1597503-relais-wifi
      Can the BBox be set to bridge mode?
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    2. remanimation Posted messages 326 Status Member 46
       
      Of course a repeater is better, I hadn't thought of that...

      As for the BBOX, I can't tell you, sorry.
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    3. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Do you know of a repeater model that allows an Ethernet connection?
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    4. remanimation Posted messages 326 Status Member 46
       
      Je suis désolé, mais je ne peux pas accéder aux pages web. Si vous avez besoin de traduire un texte spécifique, veuillez le copier ici et je me ferai un plaisir de le traduire pour vous.
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    5. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      If I'm not mistaken, the Ethernet port is only used for configuration. The repeater operates via Wi-Fi. (Hence the name repeater; if I understand correctly, it just repeats the Wi-Fi signal it picks up.) Nevertheless, thank you for going out of your way for me.
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  3. Gart78 Posted messages 1004 Status Member 115
     
    The problem is that the insulation and metal structure block the signal! So the only solution I know of would be to drill to run an RJ45 cable! But making a hole in a cold room is not necessarily advised ^^
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    Any questions?? Google is your friend!
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    1. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      I may not have been clear. To be honest, I already know that I'm going to have to run an RJ45 cable through the wall. ;-)
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  4. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
     
    After looking for more details on access points and repeaters, it seems that there are many access points that have a repeater function. Normally (brupala correct me if I'm wrong) I only need a simple access point??
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    1. brupala Posted messages 111145 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 448
       
      Absolutely:
      a repeater will be of no use to you because it relays Wi-Fi signals and since it won't receive any... it won't relay anything.
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    2. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      What can you recommend as an access point, knowing that the cold room is quite large (over 200m²), my bandwidth needs are not huge (100 Mbps will suffice)? I'm having trouble finding what I'm looking for since multifunction access points often turn out to be more like repeaters than actual access points.
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    3. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Normally, the DAP-1360 from D-Link should meet my expectations!!! Can you confirm???
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    4. brupala Posted messages 111145 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 448
       
      My favorite example is the Linksys WAP54G, but I'm not sure if it's still being sold.
      But for your use, a PoE (Power over Ethernet) access point would be more appropriate: you can place it on the ceiling in the center, which saves you from having to install an additional electrical outlet.
      For example:
      http://www.dlink.fr/cs/Satellite?c=Product_C&childpagename=DLinkEurope-FR%2FDLProductCarouselMultiple&cid=1197319505789&p=1197357772064&packedargs=locale%3D1195806373344&pagename=DLinkEurope-FR%2FDLWrapper
      or:
      https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/wap200-wireless-g-access-point-poe-rangebooster/data_sheet_c78-501966_fr.pdf
      and many other more professional options.
      You could also look more into N, but forget about 100 Mbit/s over Wi-Fi ;-)
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    5. Ptilouis60 Posted messages 2 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Thanks for the advice!!!
      If I'm not mistaken, the Ethernet ports on the BBox are not PoE, so I need a PoE injector???
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