Can a router take the Internet via Wi-Fi and transfer to a cable router?

My neighbor has wi-fi. My laptop is connected to his wi-fi. Can I connect my TP-Link router to my laptop via cable to distribute my neighbor’s wi-fi to other devices in my apartment? I.e., can the router receive internet via cable from my laptop and distribute it over the air?

Answer

Look, you can try to make things much simpler. If you have a TP-Link router and access to your neighbor’s Wi-Fi network, you can try to configure the TP-Link in bridge mode (WDS). How to do this, I wrote in the article about setting up WDS mode on TP-Link. It turns out that the router will receive Internet from the neighbor via Wi-Fi, and already distribute it via another wireless network, and via cable. You can try.

The way that you suggested, when the laptop is connected to wi-fi, and from the laptop we transfer the Internet to the TP-Link router, in principle also possible. Connect your computer to the router with a network cable. On the router it is desirable to do a reset. Connect the cable to the WAN port. Next, on the laptop in adapter management press Ctrl, select the network card adapter and wireless adapter, right-click, and select “Configure Bridge”.