Need help with extending wifi connection through Ethernet cable

Hello everyone. I live in a large home and our wifi can not reach the entire house.
Main router is on one side of the home, I'm in the middle and there are a few more data hungry devices on the other end of the house.

The setup...
So my desktop connects to the router via wifi external antenna through usb. What we use to do is simply turn on mobile hotspot and re broadcast the internet to the rest of the house. This works fine provided something is always connected to the hotspot. Problem lies when nothing is connected the PC turns wifi off after about 5mins. searched high and low and even asked microsoft but there is no way to leave the hotspot on unless something is connected to it (already went through power settings and adapter settings, they are all set to stay turned on no matter what) Seems like it's no biggie to keep having to go turn on the hotspot, but we are sharing this home (room mates) so my door stays locked when I'm out.

So we came up with a different solution but we are having issues still.
So I went to my network adapters and bridged wifi2 (desktop wifi) with the ethernet adapter, and connected it to a router. This actually works great as the signal is stronger than using the Desktops built in wifi. But alas.. Now we get constant drops in internet connectivity, including the desktop, which never had an issue connecting to the main router... It almost seems like the desktop gets confused where to pull the internet from... If I unplug the ethernet cable all connectivity issues with the desktop vanish and its fine.


Any help, input, suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks for reading, Shawn (Sorry I'm not very techy)

Take up a collection from all the roommates and just purchase a WiFi extender.
WiFi Extenders: Eliminate WiFi Dead Spots- Linksys

The black units that look like little routers have wired ethernet ports as well for connecting devices that don't have WiFi.

I'm honestly embarrassed I didn't think of a wifi extender... /picardfacepalm.jpg

The a/c venting solution is freaking brilliant. That is some Macgyver stuff there. lol

I'm gonna run the suggestions over to the fellas and see ewhat we come up with. Thanks guys.

bro67 said:

You are going to need to use "Mesh" Networking to get the premise covered. How Wireless Mesh Networks Work | HowStuffWorks Here is a list of those that are available. wireless mesh network adapters - Google Search See Wireless Reviews - SmallNetBuilder for the reviews of the various Mesh adapter reviews.

No, they don't need to use mesh networking if they don't want to. That's why there are thousands of different models of WiFi extenders on the market. For example, in my previous home the main router was a Netgear R7000 in the basement right under the living room. It covered my back deck area and the first floor of the house. I had a Netgear RE6500 on the second floor of the house in my daughter's bedroom. She had an XBox and smart TV connected to the ethernet ports and it provided WiFi coverage for the second floor of the house. 4,500 sq ft 3 story house completed covered with 1 router, 1 extender and no mesh network.

Wrong post.