I need to extend my home's wireless network range into my room for faster internet (only 1 bar there atm; I also will be gaming on PC and maybe console).

What's a good one for faster internet speeds?

How much are you willing to spend? I personally use a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124386 router running http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index on it. $81 when you add it to cart and it works great....plus it has room to add 4 hardwired connections.

http://www.elec-intro.com/EX/05-13-23/cable_1.jpg

I concur. :thumbsup:

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Win! :trophy:

If you can I would use a cable. Wireless is not as reliable and not recommended for online gaming. I am currently wireless and I sometimes have reception issues. I will connect a cable when I can be bothered to drill through the ceiling to connect by bedroom PC to my hub.

Ew...hub. Why not replace it with a switch?

:facepalm: What a donkey (not you, me)

That's one option *now to walk away so no one notices*

I actually tried a cable and my internet wasn't that much faster.

Well then extending your wireless network won't help either. A cable has a more stable connection, however.

But the wireless internet is fast if you have a good signal.

Until you turn on the microwave

Seriously, if you are in a house you own, wire it up with Cat6a. It's a huge advantage for technical expansion as well as adds to the value of your house (Cat6a will allow for up to 10Gbit ethernet, which isn't going to be commonplace for some time, meaning you don't have to worry about the cable you laid down becoming obsolete any time soon).

Also: wireless may be all fine and dandy for your Internet, but wired is vastly superior for intranet. Over the next few years, I am expecting a huge surge in home servers, NASes, and media centers. Having the infrastructure to stream flawless HD content to any room in your house will only enable you to implement such things even faster.

If you are going the lame-o repeater route, these are what I would consider absoolute requirements in any WAP:

1. Wireless N 300 mbit

2. 2.4/5 GHz dual-band

3. WPA2 RADIUS support (even if you don't use it now)

I don't own my house (not old enough), but my dad said I can't run a cable underground because our router is over a concrete slab.

ceilings and vents are better for running cable anyway.

Tell your dad about the added value it'll add to the house to have Cat6a running to every room.