wdbox
Member
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2018
- Messages
- 18
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Honey B
- Vessel Make
- Silverton, 36C
I have a whole bunch of things on the boat, both wired and wireless, connected to a router. This is the boat LAN. When I have the boat at home, I have cable at my dock and I simply connect the router WAN port to a cable modem with an ethernet cable. Everything works and I have internet where I need it.
The problem I have is when we travel. If the marina has wifi I can connect the computer and get internet. However, without a modem I cannot distribute it to my boat network. In this case I cannot access my printer or MFD's while I am connected to the internet.
I am looking for something to replace the cable modem. This device should plug into the routers WAN port and accept its internet input from the marina wifi.
I have devoted hours to this problem. I have read about access points, bridges, switches, multiple routers and other supposed solutions. I even talked to the Geek Squad at Best buy. At this point I am totally over my head and have no solution in sight. I can sort of work this out by using my phone as a hot spot but this has a number of drawbacks and I really do not want to do this.
Now it would seem to me that I can not be the only person on the planet with this problem. There has to be a simple solution. If any of you computer experts can help me out, I would really appreciate it.
The problem I have is when we travel. If the marina has wifi I can connect the computer and get internet. However, without a modem I cannot distribute it to my boat network. In this case I cannot access my printer or MFD's while I am connected to the internet.
I am looking for something to replace the cable modem. This device should plug into the routers WAN port and accept its internet input from the marina wifi.
I have devoted hours to this problem. I have read about access points, bridges, switches, multiple routers and other supposed solutions. I even talked to the Geek Squad at Best buy. At this point I am totally over my head and have no solution in sight. I can sort of work this out by using my phone as a hot spot but this has a number of drawbacks and I really do not want to do this.
Now it would seem to me that I can not be the only person on the planet with this problem. There has to be a simple solution. If any of you computer experts can help me out, I would really appreciate it.