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Thanks but I'm not sure if that'll be powerful enough. And I would need a second one, I guess, to plug into works linksys box. I assume I need something to plug into my personal linksys router to broadcast, and then something to plug into works linksys box which receives the signal. What would that be called, and what's the name of the connection for Ethernet cables? Is that RJ 45? Thanks
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no you only need one.
This is a wireless adapter.
Most of the ones you see today are usb. This one us regular ethernet.
It requires its own power supply and it will work like the wireless card in your laptop and hook into your router.
You don't need to hook the work box directly to your modem. you just need to make sure your router has the correct ports open for it to connect to the internet.
I used a similar cisco box for my work that gave me voip phone and vpn connections into work.
you may need to find it on your router and put it in the dmz or just do a pass through setup for it to work.
your tech support guys should be able to tell you what ports it needs to see.
They don't tell you that, because they don't want to trouble shoot with people that don't know how to setup their own routers. Plus there are thousands or millions of different routers and they can't know how to set up yours.
It would in theory do the same as the powerline adapter, but not have to worry if you were on the same circuit, as I understand those had issues crossing breakers.
your second item will work the same as what I linked.
the main difference is 5.0 ghz support.
mine is only 2.5 ghz.
should be sufficent, and really you are still limited by your internet speeds.
you are paying 4times as much for that vs what I showed.
BUT, I have no idea if the one I linked is any good, and the last one I needed only came in g band. So you might pay more for a known brand/name if you are not worried about cost.