Best WiFi to Ethernet Adapter for Connecting TV and Tuner Without Built-in WiFi

The cheapest option is to buy a router with AP Client function. It will connect to your network via WiFi and you will connect the TV and decoder via LAN. Cost about PLN 70. I personally use the 8levelWRT-150 and it works fine. It has a Polish interface, you can easily configure it as an AP Client by of this manual http://digileaks.pl/1624-klient-ap-w-wrt-150/ The condition is that in the place where the AP Client is set up, the signal level of the router that makes up the network should be about -70dBm.

Not a router, but the AP itself, e.g. EW-7209APg.
The router will introduce some unwanted NAT in this case.

I wrote a router set to AP Client mode, not AP Client Router, and this is the main difference. In AP Client NAT mode on WRT-150 (WRT-300), it does not work. Compared to Edimax, it has n 150Mb / s (WRT150) or n 300Mb / s (WRT300) instead of g.

Hello, I am attaching to the topic. Namely, I'm flying on DI-524, I bought a TV to which I need to connect with the rj-45 cable. Just did not understand the last statement:

matek451 wrote:

In AP Client NAT mode on WRT-150 (WRT-300), it does not work. Compared to Edimax, it has n 150Mb / s (WRT150) or n 300Mb / s (WRT300) instead of g.

In short - if I buy the "8level - wrt-150 smart" router, will I be able to "connect" to the wi-fi from dlink, and then with the cable to the TV?
After the first answers I thought so, but because of the above-mentioned statement, I had doubts.

Question no. 2 is this "wrt-150 smart" worth recommending / efficient enough, or is it better to add PLN 50 and buy something better? I would like to add that "wi-fi will have to cover" about 3-4m, including 2 brick walls (if it matters).

Personally, I use the WRT-150 as an AP Client. Connected tv and nc + decoder for multiroom and LG BD660. No problems for 1.5 years, also for streaming movies from the NAS connected to the main MR-3420v2 router. In my answer I indicated that in the client mode the router works as an AP and its DHCP is turned off. The devices are in one network formed by the main router. AP Client is transparent in the WiFi network. It's enough for DI-524, your D-Link only has g mode (54Mb / s) for WiFi. WRT-150 has n (150Mb / s).

Added after 5 [minutes]:

The condition for the correct operation of the AP Client is the signal level from the DI-524 in the WRT-150 set point at the level of about -70dBm. Can be measured inSSIDerem.

Great
How do I measure with a laptop is the measurement reliable?
Where would the WRT stand, I have a result of 60-70 dBm, and I understand that the less the better?
By the way, and out of curiosity, I know that Di-524 only has "g" and unfortunately it cannot be used as AP at this point, but would it be possible to set WRT in such a way that it would receive in "g" mode and send via LAN and "n" mode? I know that it would not improve the "bandwidth" of d-link, but after 1 it would increase the range of wi-fi, and after 2 (I think) the speed of data transferred between computers (unless it is the data traveling from computer to computer via wi-fi and so they pass DI-524) but I would be more interested in a simple "extension" of the signal.

It can also be TP-link WR743NDv2 - Link

In AP Client mode, the device only receives WiFi (its WAN becomes WiFi), it does not transmit WiFi. Further access via LAN only. If you want to send over WiFi, you connect a second radio, i.e. AP, to the client for LAN. This is the best solution based on two radio paths. There is one device with two AirLive G.DUO radios, cost about PLN 250, g mode. Extending the repeater type signal will lower the signal level from the DI-524 by a minimum of half. It is also not very stable and is not recommended for connecting a TV set, decoder (it receives and transmits via one radio).

matek451 wrote:

In AP Client mode, the device only receives WiFi (its WAN becomes WiFi), it does not transmit WiFi.

You are not entirely right here because the WR743ND has "Local Wireless" of course, it works on the same radio which affects the speed of the wireless network.

I agree with you, I know that, but this weak internal antenna does not knock down the range. Besides, this solution is based on one radio and with its DI-524, which has only g, it will limit its network speed to max. 8-10Mb / s. For some applications, it is definitely not enough, so I recommend solutions based on two radio channels. We both know it's a much better solution. If G.DUO is too expensive, it is worth buying an AP for AP Client and connecting to it via LAN for sowing on WiFi.

Ok, I know everything :)

I would just like to make sure about this power, i.e. is the measurement with a laptop reliable, i.e. will everything be flickering when measuring between -60 to -70 dBm?
As for TP-LINK, I can not find this version v2 on sale, and the first version is already PLN 20 more expensive than the 8level.
I've already decided in general and today I'm going to the computer for the WRT-150 I do not want to spend more money, because it is to serve me only as a "wi-fi adapter for Samsung TV", and the prices of the original ones that work with this TV start from PLN 150-170, so a hundred (at least) in my pocket :)

Thanks very much for your help and best regards

Signal level from D-Link OK, it will work. Configure WRT-150 by this manual from the link.

However, I still have a problem ... I bought this WRT, I tried to configure it 10 times according to this page and after connecting to the TV or even on a laptop when I have wi-fi turned off, there is no internet access ...

I don't know if it should do this either, but instead of assigning an ip in the 192.168.1.xxx range, it allocates some 169. (I don't remember any further), but I don't know if it should be like that or what. You can never see it on the link (but it probably should be), and when it accepts everything, it will save and restart WRT, then I can not enter it anymore and I have to reset it (in the back). I don't have the strength to do it anymore

This screen is from which router?

dlink di524 - the one I currently use wi-fi and which I want to connect to WRT

Give a screenshot of the WRT-150, what LAN address did you assign to it? What Gateway?

https://obrazki.elektroda.pl/8557348800_1385667806.jpg

Theoretically ok. Turn both routers off and on.

Somehow I got it and everything seems to be fine, I just have to enter everything on the TV manually.
Only one thing puzzles me. Previously, dlink automatically assigned ip and played and roared, and now when it assigns, it gives me ip WRT as DNS (so no internet), after manually setting everything goes without any "but" however, I do not want to play with it anymore, set the ip manually, no problem, and on the "network" I even see the TV (when it is on), I have access to the settings of both router via wi-fi so it's OK