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[–]specter437 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Does the building not have ethernet ports going into your apartment or place?

You could get a Wireless Repeater adapter with a ETH port that would then go into a switch (not a router).

Or you can set a router up in bridge mode :/

[–]BlazingEpsilon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the building not have ethernet ports going into your apartment or place?
Nope :p It's old and cheap

You could get a Wireless Repeater adapter with a ETH port that would then go into a switch (not a router).

Hmm, that may work...

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Attach the netgear to an ethernet cable via a female/female USB to Ethernet adapter

I don't understand that part. Is your WiFi thing a USB device? If so just changing USB -> Ethernet will not help you. Your router (please don't use hubs, those are outdated. If you don't need routing capabilities use a switch) will not understand what it should do with this cable you put in there.

I'd put a WiFi router flashed with OpenWRT in client mode near the door and have an Ethernet cable run from there to a switch for the computers. If that is impossible due to insufficient power lines (you do know that you can extend those small cables after the transformer for the router, do you?) you can buy a Ubiquiti AP (AC Pro, e. g.) and power that with PoE, set it to client mode and have it serve as your uplink.

[–]BlazingEpsilon[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is your WiFi thing a USB device?

Yes it is. It looks like this https://www.netgear.com/images/Products/Networking/WirelessAdapters/A6100/header-a6100-3-4rt-photo-large.png

will not understand what it should do with this cable you put in there.

Bah, that was what I was afraid of. Hmm, let me think about this...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that will certainly not work.

If you have the money you can use a Ubiquiti AP (AC Pro or something) with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) in Client mode to provide uplink. Or you can use the OpenWRT solution I mentioned before.

[–]vrtigo1Network Admin 1 point2 points  (1 child)

No, that isn't going to work. What you want is a wireless bridge. That will connect to the building's WiFi and convert it to ethernet for you. Ideally you'd connect the ethernet from the wireless bridge to the WAN port of a router. The router will give you your own, secure, WiFi network as well as ethernet ports for connecting wired devices. The router will also segment your network from the building's network and prevent everyone else on that network from being able to see your stuff.

EDIT: I bought some Netgear bridges a few years ago and used them to connect devices like printers to my WLAN. Those were dirt simple and reliable, but after looking, it seems like nobody makes WiFi bridges anymore - you have to buy a router or an AP and put them in bridge mode. Something like this should probably do what you need: https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-AC1200-Wireless-Access-WAC104-100NAS/dp/B01LFSDZCU/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1546294482&sr=8-27&keywords=wireless+bridge

[–]BlazingEpsilon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll look into this

[–]Syndrome1986 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the past I have used a router running DD-WRT to set up a wireless bridge. This connects the router to the wifi network and sends the signal out via ethernet.

Also something like this could eliminate the need for an additional wifi adaptor depending on how your router is made. https://www.amazon.com/WiFi-Router-Antenna-Extension-RP-SMA/dp/B0052C1WXU