Don't throw out your old router - do this instead!
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- DON'T throw out your old router - you can convert it into a WiFi extender and get that fast internet speed in the rooms where your WiFi is slow.
All it takes is a couple of simple steps and you change your old router into a WiFi booster so no more slow internet!
You can also use your old router as a switch to get more LAN ports.
I will show you how to use the router as an extender when you follow this FREE method!
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Just want to ask.
Can you connect 2 router with different ISP to 1 router (AP) for faster speed?
Can you connect 2 router with same ISP to 1 router for faster speed?
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Really good video, I already tested this a couple of years ago, but you gave me some new steps and some clarification I didn't know before. I'll have to try this again and adjust my notes ;)
I watched so many videos and had no success. Very simply explained and easily applicable. Great job Liron!
Thank you so much! I should've known I'll find my answer on your channel! I was trying all day long to achieve this.. the best!
You made this look so simple. I can't wait to try it. Thank you!
I feel so dense, why have I never thought of this??? Dude, thank you so much.
Great video! Just the concise info I needed. Thank you
Thanks sir.
A new friend in your subscribers list.
New subscriber, I am learning so much from your videos, great presentation, thanks so much!
Awesome! Thank you!
Very well explained in a pleasant way to boot.
I just tried this with my old Belkin 450 DB router and it did not work. Oh darn! I guess the old router has to be compatible with the new router? Was so excited to discover your website and seeing what I can do to improve my weak internet, since we have now two people working from home where we originally only needed AT&T’s 100 internet plan for watching movies & checking the internet. I also saw your GoggleFi video and am seriously considering switching from AT&T, especially since we just returned from a week’s cruise and AT&T charged $1300+ in roaming fees. So over AT&T!
This is great stuff. Can I do this with an old Cenurylink/Qwest modem? When I get into the modem's configuration area, it doesn't look or act the same. Also, if I have to have the old modem hard wired to the new one, is this really that useful? Seems like without running a long ethernet cable under the house or something, I'm creating a second access point for wifi that is essentially sitting right near the main modem.
Exactly the information I needed, thank you. Clearly presented too.
You're very welcome
Liron does both of the routers be connected to each other for it to work?
This helped me.Thanks you!
I need to do this... I’ve got pretty decent internet but my PS4 is in a room which is pretty far from the modem,.I normally run a long network cable across the house because I get lag spikes (packet loss??)... but I can’t just leave this network cable laying around.. if I owned the house I’d send it through the celling but this might be an easier option! Cheers for the video!
Oh I should have read the comments first... if you’ve made a video about this can you please direct me to it?
You are a superstar, Liron. Simple explanations, clearly and succinctly explained. No BS, no guessing games. Keep up the fantastic work, my friend!
Do two of the routers need to be plug to each other or it can be wireless ?
And by the way excellent video thank you!
Very useful .. thanks 🌹
Hi Liron, let's say you want to connect an additional 2 routers to extend the range of your network, would they need to have WDS enabled? I guess not if you're able to connect to the main router using ethernet.
GREAT ! and easily explained
Love your videos 😁
I do this, also. When the WAN becomes obsolete, they are still capable of wireless APs and VLANs... until you want to go to the next WiFi version. I am about to retire my Cisco RV160W for a pfSesne+ build, and may need an AP. Just got a new iPhone that is WiFi-6 enabled, though.
Yay, a new Liron video!
Good idea if you need to use a device wirelessly in an area where the router extender will be. But if the device is a game console, for instance, a PS4, then you can just use a LAN cable from your main router directly as you have to use a LAN cable between the two routers anyway. By the way, love your get-to-the-point videos Liron. No time wasting watching you for information!👍👍👌
2 routers is like dividing your bandwidth speed, making the 2nd router outputs less as fast as the first. if you can just use a LAN cable, even if it is super long, you will have a better connection than if using 2 routers. if you use wifi off the original router, you might get 4 bars, off the 2nd you might have 2 bars of signal. (it depends on how fast your bandwidth speed is. not everyone has more than 20 mbps speed or more, a lot of people around the world still have less than 5 mbps. If you have less than 10 mbps having 2 routers or using extenders might not make a whole lot of sense especially if you connect more than 10 devices to internet (roku, phones, tablets, computers, ring door bell, etc). also, with a secondary router you can assign a specific amount of bandwidth to that location so that it won't take up too much of your speed
While still without a working new router and no wi-fi or internet, CenturyLink tech guy split my wi-fi between 2.4GHz and 5.0GHz so some devices can work on the one we choose.
I am interested in a wi-fi extender simple like many, the cable from the fiber optic box can on reach an outside room. Using an old bedroom as an office made sense as everything was there. At 1,500 sq. ft. on the main level, the kitchen & back porch w/grill. So having a Wi-Fi extender on this far end can receive a signal. NOTE: 5.0GHz is faster but has a short range. Wall, mirrors, appliances all interfere with this setting 2.4GHz setting choice is best for long distance and works for TV, appliances and cell watching TH-cam. Gaming and items needing more horse power 5.0 will not cut it, just decrease the range.
what a legend. Thx mate
my old router is a Telstra Smart Modem, im hoping this method will work. would i have to remove the sim card inside it since my old router has 4G backup? my new router is a dual band router and i love it :D
A lot of providers are locking their gateways/router to not allow this and then try to sell you their mesh systems
typical consumerism cancer
Incredibly my cheap router had a "configuration wizard" that made it extra easy, but I had NO IDEA that I could use my old router to extend my Wifi, and I still can't believe it worked, I have strong signal in the places I used to have almost none!
So a question. Once I have the extra wifi router set up this way (as a repeater, extender etc.) should I be able to connect to it and get the configuration screen by using the static IP that I had given it? If not how do I connect to it going forward? Do I actually have to unhook it and then just plug it straight to my laptop again? Things are working just fine and great video. I was just wondering about this 1 thing. Thanks.
Sorry i'm bit late to the party hear but I have a couple of questions No1 can I use a different ISP's provided router as I've just switched to a new ISP. No2 do I keep the SSID the same or will this cause a conflict. Great video might give it a go tomorrow see how I get on thanks.
And one more thing, the second website near the end. Who and where is that one??? Thanks...😉😉😉
after seeing this video, i think, now you tell me. i appreciate you for helping me provide wifi for my family.(wifi repeater)
by this way i raised my old router from the death couple month ago :) But you should've mention how to connect two router each other for people who don't have knowledge how to do it.
Yeah I wondered that! If you have a WiFi dead zone at the far end of your house, do you need to run a super long LAN cable all the way? Because not everyone can do that.
@PhilHibbs I agree I live in a rental so I can't
Does the main router needs to connected via lan to the 2nd router?? Or it’ll automatically work wirelessly? Thanks!
Cool! I tried to do the same thing with my old TP Link ADSL modem router TD-W8961N and could not make it work. Did I miss something?
Thanks great info, if I plug directly into my secondary router will it be a strong enough connection to do live video's? I know I have to upload or go live hardwired because my wifi connection was not strong enough. Is there a way to check signal strength?
There are apps on the phone that can check WiFi signal strength
Can you please also show us where and how you have connected that old Router to main line?
Life saver got 4 of these
thnx 4 sharing. if i want to connect my printer to the wi-fi, while wi-fi at my place is amplified with a signal adapter, so my printer is seen as offline except it's not. do you have any advice on that matter?? thank again
Hi thanks for the video. I read we should use the better router to be the primary router. What if my secondary router's location is at a better location (more central). Do I swap the routers?
Alfie - if you want a unique question answered, please jump on Liron's website. thetechieguy.com/helpme/
Does the old router also need to be connected to the gateway with a LAN?
Hey Liron I have my router upstairs with a 4 way switch downstairs hard wired... can I replace this with my old router and how do I connect the cat 5 from my old router to my new router
Liron how can I configure and use a old disconnected Netgear C3700 N600 router as a wifi extender for my T-Mobile hotspot data? Not internet. Can this be done for mobile data? I would appreciate a vid on this. We dropped wired cable & internet yrs ago. TY in advance for any advice.
great explanation!
Glad it was helpful!
Say I have a network switch running every ethernet port in my house. The modem is in my basement connectted directly to my switch. And My main router is on the main floor and my secondary router is on the upstairs floor. Would the setup be the same or does the secondary router have to be fed its connection from the primary router ?
Well done....
Hi, I get this error on my mac once I update the router settings: "...has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the Internet."
After this it no longer lets me access the router or it settings. How can I fix this? Thanks
Hey i am having latency over 60 on my xbox i used to get way less. I was with the same isp can you please help me
Thanks guy
thank YOU for watching
Hello I hae a netgear Nighthawk xr500 and its connected to a gatway via eithernet and I want to add a xr300 to the xr500 but I can't do it with out using a eithernet cable and i want to do it wirelessly do you have any ideas?
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Thanks for the INFORMATION on utilizing older ROUTERS
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So. Can I use router without Bridge support? I am still confused 🧐
Thank you
You're welcome
Early yes yes love ur vids so much plz do more of these vids and first
I still have a question. Do I have to connect to the second router via ethernet cable to get internet or will my computer connect to the second router via wifi?
Not sure I need this NOW, but it would have been great before!!...
My main gateway router is with Xfinity and the extender that I have is with NetGear, can this function still be done? I don't have my cable plugged into the NetGear extender, should I? It's my room on the other side of the house that I'm experiencing the slow wifi
Great video.
Do I need to run a cable from new router to old for this to work !
Yes you do
sooo am i supposed to have my old router connected or my new one or both if new how do i get the ip like i can connect to it it just gives me the same ip as my old router
How to convert an old router into a wifi repeater without using a LAN cable (no cable between old and new router), but still the old router has to boost the signal of new router so that wifi range is extended.
I did this but my second router had bad internet and would lag me out of a online lobby so I got a new one and it still does the same thing
Are the two routers connected through an Ethernet cable or wirelessly? Thank you
Thanks how to know if used router working or not .
So would that b like a private network I could use to run a lab and do pen test with out messing up connection from the other devices ? Like if I do deauth attacks etc .... the main router will be fine and my family member won’t freak out because WiFi is gone ? Lol
Do I need to hardwire the old router to the existing router in order to have internet access and rebroadcast it?
I've spend the last 2 evenings trying to get my old Buffalo router to be a WiFi extender. This video is missing so much to make this work. Its not as easy has he says. I can set up the access point, but it doesn't connect to my main router....😖
What he didn't mention was connect the two routers as well with wired connection. From main router lan to WAN/lan of secondary router based on if you want to add second network or extended the network. Hope that helps
I'm sorry can you clarify. So are we supposed to connect both routers via ethernet cable? So that 2nd router is connected right
@@ClaudBol Yeah. Connect the 2nd router to main router via ethernet cable.
Lol obviously
Big fan❤
Thanks for the video, if I do this with with the 2 routers would I need a different login for the second router or does it use the main login like when using my phone around the house? Thanks in advance
yes - each router will have their own login as you are accessing two separate devices.
Will this work with a apple router as well as the extender?
did you connect a cable form R1 to R2 or they are talking by wifi?
Hi, now i can only get wifi from the old router if my pc is on an connected via LAN? How can i always use old router as an extender without having the pc connected with it in the first place?
hello, i like the information, and would please send me the name of the song i want to download it
On secondary router where to put the cable WAN or LAN ?
Ok so I have a router I'm renting from my ISP but I also have another router that I own. So instead of just paying monthly to rent that router how do I use my own router instead?
Will this work with a modem/router combo?
i have seen other simple change the second to last number instead of the last one, is there a difference? example 192.168.X.1 instead of 192.168.1.X
Clear as mud! What was the point anyway?
Can u do a vid on a tp link cpe 510 p2p system i need help with mine its giving me no wifi access
Hi mate, have I modem and 2 routers running in my house, my question is if my device is connect to a wifi signal, and if I move to another room where there is no coverage, I have to switch over manually to the closest router. Is there a way to automatically connect to the closest router?
Can I disable Wi-Fi? If I plug the old router into port 1 on my new router?
Also how much would it affect speed and ping by doing so?
If you connect by Ethernet cable the wifi on 2nd will help with coverage of your home
The WiFi part is really difficult for me. Maybe this is a good solution.
In the past one would have to configure the older router to work in bridge mode in order to turn it into an extender, but the past generations of routers (at least last 10 years) likely have lots of smartness built in; it likely would not be necessary any longer.
But on the video the older router was configured to use a static ip address in the same class and range as the ones used in the new router, and that could cause a conflict in some situations because the new router does not know that the the extender is using a static ip address, and thus could lease the same ip address to some device in the network. One would have to exclude the ip address used by the extender from the range of available ip addresses that the dhcp server in the new router could lease to other devices in the network, otherwise there could be a conflict. Or maybe since the older router is operating in the gateway mode which control all the network layers structure, it may take care of that possible conflict. (depending on how new and smart your router is) Anyway, just a heads up in case someone is having some issues...
Stop complicating things
brro all you need to do is just disable the dhcp from your router settings,its not that complicated
Thr only CON of this is the 2nd router has a different wifi ssid name, so computers would have to manually join to it. Some extenders fix this issue by using the same ssid but that could cost thr same as a new router
Your old router is far better than my new one!
Will I still be able to control things like mac filtering of the secondary AP from the primary router.
This is important to me as I am using old router to share network to some of my neighbors. But not all. Password will already be public petty much.
Can you change the name of that router to the same name as the one from the main router?
so if I have a garage this is on my back yard and it don't get wifi from the home I can run a cable out to it and use an old router to have wifi in the garage
I did this in a large house years ago and it worked great, getting great signal at both ends of the house.
Did u keep the ssame ESSID for R2 as R1?
Can u hook up fiber optic to router?
I literally have routers that are 10 and 12 years old because I just couldn’t throw them away. Now I know what to do with most of them.
Can I make this work on a c7000 combo (netgear)? It doesn't say "WAN" on any of the ports, so I'm not sure if it will even recognize an external modem.
Would you still have to pay ur old wifi company?
Where do I change my gateway on a Dlink router
Are you connecting the routers via a LAN cable?
I have done this by purchasing new Archer c6 and it's awesome full House dual band coverage no speed drops
Hurray
I have problem of unstable internet ..my tvbox channels always buffering, there is not any problem in tvbox ..I used same tvbox to other place work well but my house internet not stable ...please advice me...my router single always high and low...is problem in my modem or router?
Can't do this with the newest BT home hub. In fact you can't do it with any BT routers
Can i use my earth 1010 modem form genexis as a repeater ?
Should the two routers be connected with an ethernet cable?
How will the "new" extended router receive signal, via WiFi or ethernet cable? And which is better?
This is a question that is critical to the success of this project, and it was NOT answered in the video, however it is answered elsewhere in the comments. The main router and the access point router need to be connected by an Ethernet cable.
Yes