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hooking up my stream ...no ethernet nearby

Hello
I recently moved into an old pre-war (1916) coop apt that I purchased and did a modest renovation on.  Unfortunately I didn’t think to extend ethernet to where my audio setup will be ...and now it’s too late.  The coax ethernet comes into the building and into my unit in the hallway between my living room and kitchen and the stereo will be on a credenza at the far end the living room.  I do not want to run a long ethernet cable from the modem to where my streamer is.

So..what are my options. 

Assuming one is just going WIFI...which I don’t really want to do.  Plus my streamer is an Innuos Pulsemini which doesn’t have WIFI.

Another would be some sort of WIFI to ethernet link...maybe with a optical bridge somewhere in there.

Any other suggestions for best results?

Thank you
 

j_andrews
hdm
1,090 posts
 

Buy a TP Link Wi-Fi Extender, plug it into an outlet reasonably close to your streamer and run an ethernet cable from the TP Link to the streamer. 

jperry
2,535 posts
 

I have my Innuos Zen connected to a Eero Mesh network with an ethernet cable connecting the Eero to the Innuos.

I tried using a TP Link and it didn't work for me.

 

mahler123
3,991 posts
 

I would rethink running the internet wire.  There are a multitude of ways that wires can be buried and made unobtrusive or invisible.  Any IT networking company that caters to small businesses, or people working from home, can probably give you a great solution for 2 hours of work, max

lanx0003
1,926 posts
 

This is the first time I’ve heard of an Innuos streamer being picky or stubborn about working with a Wi-Fi extender and requiring a pricier mesh network. I use a $50 Wi-Fi extender, and it works with all the different streamers I’ve used — iFi, WiiM, Volumio, Cambridge, you name it.  Quality is the same with the direct connection.  Quality of ethernet cable even matters more.

 

zlone
1,319 posts
 

I use a TP Link extender and it works fine. I put a Stack Smoothlan right before my server to clean up any noise from the extender and it does calm things down a bit. 

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