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Black disc

GuyF — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:31:51 GMT

Hello all,

I have recently built a garden office quite a distance from my house. I got my electrician to run a ethernet cable to it and he's done so, and put an ethernet socket inside the cabin.

Can I plug one of my black BT wifi extender discs into this socket (and the power obviously) and it will work?

Sorry, probably a bit of a dumb question, but i'm only used to using these discs on wifi. But as my garden office is so far from my house i think it is going to need to be kept plugged in with the ethernet cable.

Thanks.

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VeteranISPUser — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:36:13 GMT

Yes, it should work.

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gg30340 — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:15:07 GMT

I don't use these disc so I may well be wrong but I thought you only connected the BT Complete wifi disc via Ethernet in order to set it up then you disconnected the Ethernet to get the disc to re-transmit/boost the wireless signal from the Smarthub.

I don't think it is able to be used while still connected by Ethernet cable to the Smarthub.

You could buy a Wireless Access Point and plug that into your Ethernet in your office and this would give you a wireless signal in the office and most WAP's also have an Ethernet connection so that if you have a device that does not have wireless it can still be used.

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GuyF — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:59:13 GMT

Thanks.

Are there any affordable ones out there?

I thought this sort of thing would be tens of £ not hundreds of £!

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Keith_Beddoe — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:11:26 GMT

Are there any affordable ones out there?

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/access-point/tl-wa901nd/

Under £30.

Or TP-Link TL-WA901N 450 Mbps Wireless N Access Point, Passive PoE Power Injector, 10/100M Ethernet Port

On Amazon £19.99.

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licquorice — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:09:05 GMT

All you need is a cheap wireless access point or even cheaper, just re-purpose an old router.

Depending on what sort of speeds you are looking for and whether dual or single band, a couple of devices to consider are the TP Link TL-WA901N at about £20 or the TL-WA1201 at about £40

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VeteranISPUser — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 20:27:52 GMT

Hi @gg30340 Complete WiFi Discs work perfectly connected by Ethernet and are ideal for an extended network. Obviously you need a SH2. I have one of my Complete WiFi Discs connected by Ethernet. Job done and no messing about with multiple SSIDs. Extra discs are loaned free if you subscribe to Complete WiFi.