bfish Posted March 24 Posted March 24 My dad lives in a senior community where they can offer him deeply discounted Wifi, but no physical (ethernet) connectivity. He uses an ISY994i for his basic Insteon needs (along with Alexa). Has anyone ever tried using any of the Wifi to Ethernet bridges that are available on Amazon and elsewhere? If so, any pros, cons, or pointers you can give me? TIA!
Solution paulbates Posted March 24 Solution Posted March 24 The ISY's use of the network is very limited (doesn't stream) and only connects at 100mb, so an ET / WIFI bridge should work fine. Like most things network, you'll get what you pay for, eg get a highly rated product vs cheapest. Other ideas: If he has some kind of cable service providing streaming services to his tv vs logging the tv in directly, the boxes providing the streaming to the tv sometimes have ET ports in the back I usually have my previous router hanging around after I upgrade. Some routers can be configured in bridge mode: You log the router into the campus wifi, and plug the ISY in to one of its ET ports.
bfish Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 Thank you! Great idea on the old router in bridge mode. I'll look into that first, since it would require no cash outlay for him at all!
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