[SOLVED] How do I connect my PC to a router in a different room?

[XxRebellionxX]

So I have my router in a different room from my PC. I cannot move the router anywhere else because the internet switch is only in that room if that makes sense. Anyways, so I want to connect my PC to it using an ethernet cable. Is there a way to do it without using a long ass ethernet cable?

 

[UmerF]

You want to connect a router to your computer using wired cable but don't want to use the wire directly from router to your PC?

The only thing I can think of is either using another router or range extender, putting it in your room and linking that with your other router and then running a wired connection through the router in your room to your PC but essentially it'll be just as same. If you're concerned about gaming and having a wired connection and if you have a decent budget, just invest in a good and stable router and you should be fine. Apply all the same but instead of taking the ethernet out of a router, take it out of the range extender as there are some that will give you the ability to do that.

Essentially, you'd if you want a proper hard wire connection then you'd have to route an ethernet cable from the router in another room to your PC directly. Hope it helps.

 

[XxRebellionxX]

You want to connect a router to your computer using wired cable but don't want to use the wire directly from router to your PC?

The only thing I can think of is either using another router or range extender, putting it in your room and linking that with your other router and then running a wired connection through the router in your room to your PC but essentially it'll be just as same. If you're concerned about gaming and having a wired connection and if you have a decent budget, just invest in a good and stable router and you should be fine. Apply all the same but instead of taking the ethernet out of a router, take it out of the range extender as there are some that will give you the ability to do that.

Essentially, you'd if you want a proper hard wire connection then you'd have to route an ethernet cable from the router in another room to your PC directly. Hope it helps.

Yes, exactly that. I cannot move my router. My PC is in a different room and I want a wired connection to it but I can't directly use the wire from router to PC.
So what you're saying is that I buy another router (lets call it Router B) and wirelessly connect it to my main router (lets call it Router A). I then use a cable to connect it from router B to my PC? Keep in mind gaming is my main objective so I need low pings that's why I'm not using a wireless card.

Powerline is also an option but since it massively depends on house wiring I'm not too inclined.

 

[UmerF]

Yes, exactly that. I cannot move my router. My PC is in a different room and I want a wired connection to it but I can't directly use the wire from router to PC.
So what you're saying is that I buy another router (lets call it Router B) and wirelessly connect it to my main router (lets call it Router A). I then use a cable to connect it from router B to my PC? Keep in mind gaming is my main objective so I need low pings that's why I'm not using a wireless card.

Powerline is also an option but since it massively depends on house wiring I'm not too inclined.

The only way you're going to get the lowest of lowest and super reliable pings are through a hard wire, since you cannot get that your best bet is to get a decent router preferably Dual Band if not Tri Band and then use that for gaming and you shouldn't have much of an issue. That'd be your best bet, that way you don't even need Router A or B just a single router that you can connect wireless.

Doing the Router A and Router B thing, I doubt it'd yield any result. And just FYI, I wasn't suggesting a cable to connect from Router A to B, but merely wireless but like I said that kinda defeats the purpose and investing into a single reliable router should be the way to go IMHO.

 

[XxRebellionxX]

The only way you're going to get the lowest of lowest and super reliable pings are through a hard wire, since you cannot get that your best bet is to get a decent router preferably Dual Band if not Tri Band and then use that for gaming and you shouldn't have much of an issue. That'd be your best bet, that way you don't even need Router A or B just a single router that you can connect wireless.

Doing the Router A and Router B thing, I doubt it'd yield any result. And just FYI, I wasn't suggesting a cable to connect from Router A to B, but merely wireless but like I said that kinda defeats the purpose and investing into a single reliable router should be the way to go IMHO.

I understand but won't wireless gaming be a nightmare? The pings would be too high. I suppose Router A and Router B setup would be the same as far as pings are concerned?

 

[UmerF]

I understand but won't wireless gaming be a nightmare? The pings would be too high. I suppose Router A and Router B setup would be the same as far as pings are concerned?

On PC, I'm not aware of it and ideally hard wire is the way to go always but with tri band technology and 5Ghz bands in routers which are mainly used for gaming and super high quality streaming from your home media system I think it should be better than what we had to deal with in the past.

I only do wireless gaming on PS4, with a shitty router and it's still much better than most PC games with a wired connection and higher speed anyway lol. Are you going to be gaming on PC or console btw? Since hard wiring for you is not possible, best is to start looking into best wireless option for your setup.

And yes, Router A and B would be the same as far as pings are concerned AFAIK. I merely suggested that if you have a mediocre Router A already, you can get another decent/mediocre router and connect both with each other to get some stability but for that you'd have to search a lot and tinker with settings a lot to get them both connected and what not so ideally it's just best to get a simple beefy and tri band router for ideal results oh and the distance also matters a lot .. if it's not much then a tri band router should do you good.

 

[XxRebellionxX]

On PC, I'm not aware of it and ideally hard wire is the way to go always but with tri band technology and 5Ghz bands in routers which are mainly used for gaming and super high quality streaming from your home media system I think it should be better than what we had to deal with in the past.

I only do wireless gaming on PS4, with a shitty router and it's still much better than most PC games with a wired connection and higher speed anyway lol. Are you going to be gaming on PC or console btw? Since hard wiring for you is not possible, best is to start looking into best wireless option for your setup.

And yes, Router A and B would be the same as far as pings are concerned AFAIK. I merely suggested that if you have a mediocre Router A already, you can get another decent/mediocre router and connect both with each other to get some stability but for that you'd have to search a lot and tinker with settings a lot to get them both connected and what not so ideally it's just best to get a simple beefy and tri band router for ideal results oh and the distance also matters a lot .. if it's not much then a tri band router should do you good.

Yeah I will be gaming on my PC. Mostly FPS games and some FIFA if that helps. My pings should already be pretty low compared to in Pakistan so I guess wireless is the only way to go.

Assuming I buy a decent dual or tri-band router, would I need to invest a lot of cash on a PCI-E or USB wireless adaptor or would a cheap one do? Also what hardware would you recommend?

 

[UmerF]

Yeah I will be gaming on my PC. Mostly FPS games and some FIFA if that helps. My pings should already be pretty low compared to in Pakistan so I guess wireless is the only way to go.

Assuming I buy a decent dual or tri-band router, would I need to invest a lot of cash on a PCI-E or USB wireless adaptor or would a cheap one do? Also what hardware would you recommend?

Ah, I don't use any PCI-E or USB wireless adapter as my motherboard comes with wireless features on it but it really depends. What's your budget to spend on it? Let me know and I can suggest something accordingly as well as let me know your internet speed and what not, that'll help picking the router as well.

 

[XxRebellionxX]

I have a 100mbps connection. As for my budget it is most likely 60-70 euros for the router.

 

[puppet]

yar just do bridge , i also do it bcz we have pcs in every room, but cant populate whole house with wires

using wireless network for 5 years, never had any issue ,

 

[XxRebellionxX]

yar just do bridge , i also do it bcz we have pcs in every room, but cant populate whole house with wires

using wireless network for 5 years, never had any issue ,

I understand but my main usage will be gaming on this particular PC, that is why I am looking for wired solution over wireless.

 

[murtaza12]

I have a 100mbps connection. As for my budget it is most likely 60-70 euros for the router.

What brand/model is the current router?

Either way, 60/70 euros should get you a TP-Link Dual-band router.
The WDR3500 or 3600. Its 5GHz and has external antennas so range shouldn't be an issue, especially considering you can upgrade the antennas.
I would suggest Netgear or ASUS too, but they're really expensive.
Try looking for the ASUS AC-68U, it may be out of range but it's an excellent router, get that if you can.

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[Faateh]

Adding a wireless router to your setup is just like adding a wireless card to your PC. Both will have wireless and will defeat the purpose.

You should go with any reputable PC wireless card. My laptop gets constant <1ms pings from the PTCL router I have. The laptop is on another floor and one of its two antennas is broken.

You should be worried about the latency you get from game server.

 

[XxRebellionxX]

What brand/model is the current router?

Either way, 60/70 euros should get you a TP-Link Dual-band router.
The WDR3500 or 3600. Its 5GHz and has external antennas so range shouldn't be an issue, especially considering you can upgrade the antennas.
I would suggest Netgear or ASUS too, but they're really expensive.
Try looking for the ASUS AC-68U, it may be out of range but it's an excellent router, get that if you can.

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I have a Sky's router, its a custom one so not sure about its specs or so. I'll look into what you recommended. Honestly range is not an issue since my room is across the room where the router is.

Adding a wireless router to your setup is just like adding a wireless card to your PC. Both will have wireless and will defeat the purpose.

You should go with any reputable PC wireless card. My laptop gets constant <1ms pings from the PTCL router I have. The laptop is on another floor and one of its two antennas is broken.

You should be worried about the latency you get from game server.

Again that is what I'm worried about, my main usage is gaming. Pings here are 10x better than in Pakistan but in gaming even that counts so I'm a bit reserved. Do any of you guys think Powerline adapters as an alternative solution this? Its technically wired.

 

[murtaza12]

PowerLine is a bit of a hassle, since it's wired.
A 5GHz router and 5GHz Wireless card/adapter should help you since there is no interference in that band and gaming should be perfectly fine especially considering the main router isn't that far from you.

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[XxRebellionxX]

[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION], [MENTION=15943]UmerF[/MENTION]
So I opened up battlelog and pinged many servers and I got like 100-110ms pings on US servers and below 40ms for Europe. I'm on 2.4GHz. I guess these pings mean I don't really need to invest in another router?

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[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION], [MENTION=15943]UmerF[/MENTION]
So I opened up battlelog and pinged many servers and I got like 100-110ms pings on US servers and below 40ms for Europe. I'm on 2.4GHz. I guess these pings mean I don't really need to invest in another router?

 

[UmerF]

[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION], [MENTION=15943]UmerF[/MENTION]
So I opened up battlelog and pinged many servers and I got like 100-110ms pings on US servers and below 40ms for Europe. I'm on 2.4GHz. I guess these pings mean I don't really need to invest in another router?

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[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION], [MENTION=15943]UmerF[/MENTION]
So I opened up battlelog and pinged many servers and I got like 100-110ms pings on US servers and below 40ms for Europe. I'm on 2.4GHz. I guess these pings mean I don't really need to invest in another router?

Depends. What kind of pings are you getting on wired connection? If it's not much of a difference if any at all then go for it.

I'm also installing Powerlines at my current place as well for NAS system as I don't want to do hard wiring through walls but the new house construction will contain CAT5 hard wiring throughout the house so you can see I always give priority to hard wiring but considering we don't have much options so we gotta do what we gotta do.


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[XxRebellionxX]

Depends. What kind of pings are you getting on wired connection? If it's not much of a difference if any at all then go for it.

I'm also installing Powerlines at my current place as well for NAS system as I don't want to do hard wiring through walls but the new house construction will contain CAT5 hard wiring throughout the house so you can see I always give priority to hard wiring but considering we don't have much options so we gotta do what we gotta do.


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So I tested the pings both wired and wireless and there wasn't much difference. I pinged a BF4 server in Germany. With wired I got consistent 35ms pings while with wireless n I got 40ms pings with the occasional 130ms dips every now and then due to interference I guess. Which means gaming is possible on wireless.
One more question, assume I buy a wireless AC router and bridge with my Sky router and then connect my PC using wireless AC, will the speed and stability improve or will it stay the same.

Also, powerline's are dependent on wiring of the building. I reside in an apartment complex so will it be fine? The reason I'm reluctant is if I end up buying it and it turns out to be crap I won't have any more cash to spill on a PCI-E wifi card.

 

[UmerF]

So I tested the pings both wired and wireless and there wasn't much difference. I pinged a BF4 server in Germany. With wired I got consistent 35ms pings while with wireless n I got 40ms pings with the occasional 130ms dips every now and then due to interference I guess. Which means gaming is possible on wireless.
One more question, assume I buy a wireless AC router and bridge with my Sky router and then connect my PC using wireless AC, will the speed and stability improve or will it stay the same.

Also, powerline's are dependent on wiring of the building. I reside in an apartment complex so will it be fine? The reason I'm reluctant is if I end up buying it and it turns out to be crap I won't have any more cash to spill on a PCI-E wifi card.

There are some great Netgear Powrlines available that will give you insane speeds throughout floors so I'm sure if you spend wisely you won't have any issues.

As for your router theory, it depends on your current router. If it's good enough already it probably won't matter but if it's totally shit then it can probably get a bit more stable but that's a long shot as well if interference between your Router A to B is already crap.

You can get $15-20 Wireless card and you'll be fine without issues but I think you're already getting good enough results as it is now so probably play around with it for a bit for now and decide in a week of time or something?


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[XxRebellionxX]

There are some great Netgear Powrlines available that will give you insane speeds throughout floors so I'm sure if you spend wisely you won't have any issues.

As for your router theory, it depends on your current router. If it's good enough already it probably won't matter but if it's totally shit then it can probably get a bit more stable but that's a long shot as well if interference between your Router A to B is already crap.

You can get $15-20 Wireless card and you'll be fine without issues but I think you're already getting good enough results as it is now so probably play around with it for a bit for now and decide in a week of time or something?


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Which model do you recommend?

I tested it on my laptop, PC is without an internet connection.