New way to extend your Network

The wifi gadget for my old desktop started having issues. Wouldn't stay connected. The D-Link modules use your house wiring to extend your network. Hook one up to your router and then plug it into the wall. Hook the other one up to you computer and plug it into the wall. They should connect to one another, and magically, it's like you have an ethernet cable connected to your computer, from your router. This saves trying to figure out how to run an ethernet cable to where there is none.

However, after some time in use, the wife says the d-link is making her smartphone disconnect from calls. Since the d-link uses the house wiring which has no shielding, I can see where this might be an issue. The d-links are disconnected, and i'm using my laptop to assist the old desktop in connecting to the internet.

The laptop connects via wifi and the desktop is connected via ethernet cable to the laptop. So far so good.

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