Using a wireless bridge to move home servers away from the router
The main router is in the living room, and the house layout makes it hard to run CAT6 cable through the walls. A router running OpenWRT is already being used as a so a PC on the other side of the house can get internet access. Two server machines currently stay in the living room and plug directly into the main router, but the goal is to move them elsewhere.
The practical question is whether the can feed a , with the servers and other devices plugged into that switch. Wired is understood to be better, and bandwidth may be limited, but the main concern is whether this setup can work at all.
Key points
- The main router is in the living room, and two servers are currently plugged directly into it.
- Running CAT6 through the walls is not practical in this house.
- An OpenWRT router is already acting as a for a PC on the other side of the house.
- The proposed setup is to connect the to a , then plug servers and other devices into that switch.
- Wired is preferred, but a may be a workable compromise when cabling is difficult.