So the issue I have is that my wireless router doesn't have the range to cover entire house. I use an old linksys router with dd-wrt.
I'm one of the people who's actually quite comfortable with linux and cli, but I really really suck at networking.
A while ago I've tried to increase the wifi range by connecting another recycled scrap router, with little success. Now recently I've been told by a professional that actually you're not supposed to use a router, you're supposed to use an "access point".
I'm still unaware of how any of this works, but to me it seems like in essence, "WAP" is just a router with less ethernet ports, but it does provide a kind of "plug and play" experience that ro



