The new modem/router is wifi 6, downgradable to wifi 4. It’s a pretty fancy piece of kit (battery backup and 4G SIM backup), apparently Telstra only started supplying them a few weeks ago.
It’s all working fine, speeds are good. But until I’m properly cabled to the “home orifice” there’s the need for a workaround. I can’t install a wifi 4/6 card on my desktop without upgrading to W10/11 and that update would (in common sense) require a newer HDD as it’s getting a bit iffy.
So a cable in, is the simple solution - and I’ve outlined why a floor cable is not suiting me well, which is where the wireless bridge comes in.