I have an IP camera that I want to access. The camera has a LAN port. No WIFI. Ideally, I’d plug the camera directly into my router. This would enable me to connect to the camera from any computer connected to the same router. However, life isn’t that simple: I can not run a LAN cable from the camera to the router.
As a potential solution, I came up with the following.
I got a Bros Trend wifi extender with a LAN port. The idea was to connect the camera using a LAN cable to the extender. The extender would extend my existing router’s network. I was hoping that this way, I could connect to the camera from any computer connected to my original network.
The problem is that the camera does not appear in the list of devices connected to my router. Therefore, I can’t connect to the camera. I can connect to the camera when I connect my laptop to the extended network.
I’ve illustrated the problem in the following.
Is the solution I propose even feasible?
