Background. I've several devices upstairs that only have wired ethernet ports. I used to have my router plugged into my upstairs phone extension socket and it all worked really well. However, a while back, BT had to replace my phone line and master socket as the line from the pole to my home had degraded (apparently the insulation had cracked and allowed the copper wires inside to corrode). The result is that the router won;t work unless it;s plugged into the master socket downstairs. As my house walls are very thick, Sky had to add a Sky Booster to get a decent signal to my PC upstairs (and I had to buy a wifi card as well!). Now I see that the Booster has an ethernet port. Can I use the Booster as a wifi to ethernet bridge? i.e. could I connext a wired switch to the booster to give me multiple wired ethernet ports in the room? It's all a pain in the **bleep** because the old solution, i.e. just using a phone extension socket upstairs, worked perfectly! Propbably not optimally but honestly the connection to my PC was faster and more stable. We have massive wifi contention around here as I am sure most city homes do! I used to work in IT but before wifi became ubiquitous. TBH aside from the convenienc eof not having cabling, I find wifi a trial as it's temperamental. Wired, you just plugged it in and it worked, so long as you got the connections right it was extremely stable and reliable, unless someone cut the wire!
