My friend has a Lorex security cam system with a DVR. The output to the router is eithernet only. In the avoidance of me climbing through her attic to ran a cat 5 cable, is there an inexpensive method of converting the eithernet output to wireless? Thanks! I'm too old to crawl through a hot Florida attic!

I dislike converting to wireless and find that if you are unable to run a wire that the powerline adapters are a better solution.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link...ds=powerline+adapter

If your friend has a good WiFi network, you may get away with a wireless bridge, but I make no guarantees.

Warning: Most consumer/residential WiFi networks are crap.

I'm running a NetGear ProSafe WNHDE111 802.11n (5GHz) wireless bridge for our TV (inconsequential, usually non-existant network load) and Blu-ray player (used to use for NetFlix). The connections have performed flawlessly. But the AP is less than 25' away and it, also, has always been higher-end WiFi devices.

I tested our HDHomeRun CONNECT Quatro using that bridge and it worked flawlessly. I've run flood ping torture tests against it and it never dropped a single packet--while it was streaming NetFlix.

You can still get bridges like mine for cheap on eBay, but you best know what you're about doing it that way. I had one arrive DOA (got a refund) and another in nowhere near the cosmetic condition advertised (got a partial refund). (Looks...) There are some listed as brand new on eBay right now: NetGear ProSafe WNHDE111 on eBay.

Other than that, I don't know where to point you. I haven't had any need to use a WiFi bridge, other than the one I have, lately.

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Originally posted by pbramlett:
I dislike converting to wireless and find that if you are unable to run a wire that the powerline adapters are a better solution.

That might be because, as I noted, most consumer/residential WiFi networks are crap.

Re: Powerline Ethernet adaptors: Depending upon which brand you buy, plus the condition/distance you have to go, plus whether you're crossing phases, those can max out at as little as 30mb/s.

I get nearly 300mb/s to my FireTV on wireless.

Find a grandkid, neighbor kid, whoever to run it.
Much better off wired.
Even if you went wifi you still need to run power and you still need to mount it.
You would also need a wifi enabled cam, no way to "convert" a cam to wifi.
Bottomline unless you run one those cheesey Arlo's which are battery and wifi > you will have to get up there anyway.

Does the camera have power other than over the "network" cable?

By the way he worded it, I assumed he meant to get the NVR to the router for remote access.

WiFi is a mere toy.

Wired Ethernet is the way to go for reliability.

Something I didnt mention, she has a hip roof with all kinds of bad angles. Where we dropped the camera cables was in a place where I couldn't get to and we did hire a kid. The spot where we would have to drop the cable to the room with the router is very hard to get to in the attic. She has a cable company router/modem, so I doubt her signal is the best. Thise power line adapters might be the cheapest and easiest way to do it. Kind of one of those situations where u recommended a camera system that would support a wireless usb adapter and she went lower cost.

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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
Something I didnt mention, she has a hip roof with all kinds of bad angles.

Oh, I know all about hip roofs. We have one. I added 6-1/2" of fiberglass batt insulation up there a couple years ago. I don't think my knees could handle it, today.

I'm going to have to get up there, this spring, anyway, to run camera cables.

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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
She has a cable company router/modem, so I doubt her signal is the best.

Yeah, it'll probably be crap--particularly if it's located all the way at one end, or in one corner, of the house, as is pretty common. These are the kinds of installations that give WiFi a bad name.

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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
Thise power line adapters might be the cheapest and easiest way to do it.

I have no experience with powerline adaptors yet, but, from my research I'd tend to try these: Comtrend G.hn 1200 Mbps Powerline Ethernet Bridge Adapter 2-Unit Kit PG-9172KIT

May not be as fast as the fastest, but appear to be optimized for stability and reliability. I will be giving powerline a try, just for grins, just so I can say I have. That's probably what I'll try.

Running that cable might not be as bad as you think. The one that goes between our home office/computer room and WiFi AP comes through the ceiling in the closet--right next to an outside wall. I pushed a fish tape up in there until the end got w/in easily reachable range in the attic, taped my cable to it, and carefully (so is not to chip-out the ceiling) hauled it through.

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Originally posted by radioman:
WiFi is a mere toy.

Wired is always preferred, when possible, but calling WiFi "a mere toy" is nonsense.