[zubbs1]

The goal is to reduce the wifi radiation transmitting through my house. So here is my situation:


ISP router is adjacent to south wall. Computers needing wired connections adjacent to northwest corner. Cannot run cabling along baseboard due to crossing open archway. Therefore I use a second router as repeater, then run wired connection from it to computers needing connection.

I only need this repeater to receive the 2.4ghz signal from the ISP router and share it via cat 5. I do not want it physically broadcasting a wifi signal. I don't want it to simply not display on scans of wireless networks, I mean I do not want it transmitting any wireless signal. Is this something that is even possible?

I know I can run cat 5 up between the joists on the isp router wall, across my attic, and down between the joists on the repeater router. Then I could replace the repeater router with a simple switch, and accomplish the same thing.

I just want to know if I can achieve the same without doing the extra trudging through the hot attic.

[Malachi]

It can’t just receive, it has to broadcast back to the main router.

[SilverstarX]

So in fact you need client (bridge) mode. In that case it won't broadcast an ssid, so no show on usual lists. But it needs to physically transmit a signal so your computers can communicate. But it will be one like a computer, so, client, so ""receive"" only.