Got it, after trying with an old router for years. The secret for me was to change the IP of the router first with DHCP on, then save it, go back in and disable the DHCP server. Trying to switch off the DHCP first in my router hid all the router ip settings. Sneaky ISP trying to lock down their gear. Hopefully this helps someone!
The funny thing is that ever one who uses a computer for a living just rolled their eyes at your comment, and every one that plays video games and scrolls facebook just got a woody. Weird isn't it, but hey, you do you boss, I'm sure you have your reason for disliking mac products... even if the reason is "I don't have an actual need for a computer as a production device so macs are bad." And just to clarify, I earn my money on a Mac, and I play my games on my Alienware. I would use the Alienware for everything if I could... but as I said earlier... the people that use Macs for a living already know the next part.
This was brilliant !!! I just used my old router for this and it works great !! The only inconvenience part is arranging a lan-cable long enough to reach the other room but it works !!
@@JadisLive yes, it's kind of at the start but you can use powerlines to get the signal to your second location and then plug that into the second router
Many thanks for this video. I followed your advice and now I too have a great signal all around my house. I truly appreciate you taking the time to do this video and assist me. All the best, Mike
Someone else (thank you Ryan!) earlier made this observation BUT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. On some old routers, the FIRST STEP ought to be to change the IP address of the old router, THEN log in to this NEW IP address, THEN complete the setup including the deactivation of DHCP. My old Actiontec 1000a would not allow changing the IP address if DHCP was deactivated.
Thanks so much for this video! Helped me out heaps. I was going to by an expensive wifi extender for $70.00 then I found and old one on Facebook markets for $15 and this video helped me set it up. Thanks!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VERY BRIEF AND DIRECT,. HELPOS ME A LOT, THE FIRST VIDEO I WATCHED DOESNT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DISABLING THE NAT SETTING, THATS WHY MY MODEMS GOT CONFLICTS AND SOMETIMES ONLY ONE MODEM HAS A CONNECTION,. THANKS
this worked for me. Thank you so much.... earlier i was just connecting 2 routers with lan cable. internet was working but i think they were conflicting too much.... internet was fluctuating...i was not able to watch a full video with out loading... i was so frustrated this helped a lot. thank you.
Last time I only get 10Mbps using other tutorials, now I'm getting full 100Mbps. I missed the manual IP assignment on the second router, got it from this tutorial.
It defies the purpose to use a long ethernet cable, most people trying to extend their internet do not have the option to run a long cable hence the reason why they are looking for a this solution. If you can run a long cable between two floors might as well use a switch and hard wire everything.
DHCP !!! That's what I needed to change ! Man, I keep getting back to this video because it's just well made. My current setup is like this: 1st router that's connected to the landline or whatever and get access to the internet first. 2nd router connected with a long cable to my room. 3rd router that is in my sibling's room and is connected to 2nd router with a cable. I JUST set up the 3rd router for some specific reasons but it created some problems. Like, on my 2nd router, all 4 ethernet ports were occupied: 1. cable coming from 1st router 2. My PC 3. cable going to 3rd router 4. Xbox One For some reason, if I had all 3 of them connected, 1 of them would not have access to the internet even though it said they were connected and had no other problems. If I changed the order at when I plugged in each cable, a different device would lose access to the internet. I even changed that router to a different old 4th router but nothing. I knew I had missed a step so I came back here to find the solution and it was to disable the DHCP !!!
Great video thank you. Have been looking for a solution and this looks like it will provide better speeds than MESH. Could I connect the 2 routers via home plugs to achieve the same result?
Thanks so much for this video! It saved us money by allowing us to make an old "EE Smart Hub" into a repeater. I can now get a great connection anywhere in the flat. The only downside that ive found is that when I change the IP address, I can no longer access the second router settings. My only workaround for this, was to make changing the IP the very LAST thing I did before saving my changes. Now it works, I just have to pray that I don't need to reconfigure anything soon. :D
Could you please explain why the ethernet cable should be connected in a Lan port of the second router and not in the Wan port? I think i get that it is because you want it as a repeater, but i just want to be sure.
Do we need to make a reserved DHCP pool for primary router and assign an IP address from that pool to the secondary router so the primary router will not assign the same IP address to a different client that may cause IP conflict?
Missing info about using different channels so that they don't interfere and, separately, I wonder if channel width should be the same similarly to how security settings should match
My wireless doesn't auto switch to the stronger signal, I am wondering if it has something to do with wifi channel and Width. Should wifi channel in Both routers remain the same or different and what about the channel Width?
I set in first router a static ip reserved for second router and change ip start address. I also disabled all the wan stuff on second router and used a LAN port instead of Wan. I tried bridge mode but it was really chopping connection like a stop go sort of traffic
Perfect explaination, but i still ran into a problem It works for a couple of seconds, on my old router. And then it stops working. I wasn’t able to do the NAT thing, but the rest i think i did fine. I hope you can help me :)
So is there no way to do this without running an ethernet cable? Is there a way to do this with the secondary router totally wireless other than its power supply?
You dont need internet to connect to a wifi router. Key in the IP address of your old router, and you will get to the login page - Login credentials and even the router IP can be found in the back of your router.
I was thinking this vs buying a mesh router, but you need a long ethernet cable, sometimes that's not always practical sadly. Especially over walk/doorways.
Thanks very helpful - it worked!! Also, my husband and I are arguing what your accent is (sounds like a mix?!) - can you pls settle the score and tell us :)
Use powerline over Ethernet adapters and snap an access point on the other end. Otherwise run Ethernet. Wifi extenders suck and cut your bandwidth in half.
@@justyn6750 Powerline adapters convert the wires within the walls to Ethernet. So you plug one adapter by your router and the other one to the device you want to connect.
Hi, the tutorial worked perfectly, However i have a plan of 250 mbps , And when i extend it to another router , in starting there is full speed transmitted, however after some time , am only able to get 70-80mbps on the secondary router , and when i restart the secondary router am again able to get a speed of 250 mbps , could you please help .
4:42 This is the reason I came here. I also turned an old modem into like a wifi extension, but it's like they're 2 different access points and I was wondering if I should or even could turn them into one. Also curious if my phone is within range, will it use both at the same time, increasing the speed. I imagine no though.
Doesn't that defeat the purpose? The access point is put in the area with weak signal to improve it... so it would only get the weak signal to send....probably making it even weaker? Just my speculation.
If you turn off DHCP, but your computer is relying on that router to issue an IP address by DHCP, you will need to manually change your computer's IP address to a static address instead of "Obtain automatically from DHCP"
After configuring 2nd route using the same SSID. other devices connect with the wifi having an issue recognized and show limited connection. Not sure what went wrong.
I have two routers from different manufacturers. One assigned as main and the second as access points with DHCP disable, but still not work properly although I changed the IP to static. I setup the SSID and others settings same as the main one
Got it, after trying with an old router for years. The secret for me was to change the IP of the router first with DHCP on, then save it, go back in and disable the DHCP server. Trying to switch off the DHCP first in my router hid all the router ip settings. Sneaky ISP trying to lock down their gear. Hopefully this helps someone!
Same problem here
"I only have macs. . . not to boast"
like having inferior tech is something to boast about
I agree with you but came to the comments to find these trolling comments🤣
iT's NoT iNfeRiOr eyE sOld mY sOn fOr wOn
PeE Es: PiPpiN iZ bEsT CoNsOLLe
Sent from my iPod Nano
As an IT professional I beg to disagree.
Haha!
The funny thing is that ever one who uses a computer for a living just rolled their eyes at your comment, and every one that plays video games and scrolls facebook just got a woody. Weird isn't it, but hey, you do you boss, I'm sure you have your reason for disliking mac products... even if the reason is "I don't have an actual need for a computer as a production device so macs are bad." And just to clarify, I earn my money on a Mac, and I play my games on my Alienware. I would use the Alienware for everything if I could... but as I said earlier... the people that use Macs for a living already know the next part.
This was brilliant !!! I just used my old router for this and it works great !! The only inconvenience part is arranging a lan-cable long enough to reach the other room but it works !!
Did you test the speed with the 2nd router to see whether there is any drop mbs when using the wifi?
@@Massud3O3 yes. I tested it. Non perceivable difference. Most of the time, it was as good as the main router
is it possible to do without lan cable?
@@JadisLive yes, it's kind of at the start but you can use powerlines to get the signal to your second location and then plug that into the second router
Your explanation is clearer than crystal
Okay Ray Mak, this is NOT a meme video, you have NO BUSINESS BEING HERE AS WELL
In Australia its called ice
So like air
Many thanks for this video. I followed your advice and now I too have a great signal all around my house. I truly appreciate you taking the time to do this video and assist me. All the best, Mike
Someone else (thank you Ryan!) earlier made this observation BUT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. On some old routers, the FIRST STEP ought to be to change the IP address of the old router, THEN log in to this NEW IP address, THEN complete the setup including the deactivation of DHCP. My old Actiontec 1000a would not allow changing the IP address if DHCP was deactivated.
I have already do this and it works very well, if you have an old router with wifi this is very worth doing.
Better explained than other videos trying to explain the same thing. I will try this out. Thanks!
Thank you for a simple, yet thorough explanation. Great quality video.
EXACTLY what I was looking for - with excellent animations and stuff. This is just tremendously good! Great job.
Best explanation among them all
Thanks so much for this video! Helped me out heaps. I was going to by an expensive wifi extender for $70.00 then I found and old one on Facebook markets for $15 and this video helped me set it up. Thanks!
Great to hear!
Brilliant. Worked first time. Very glad I did not depose of that old router.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, VERY BRIEF AND DIRECT,. HELPOS ME A LOT, THE FIRST VIDEO I WATCHED DOESNT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT DISABLING THE NAT SETTING, THATS WHY MY MODEMS GOT CONFLICTS AND SOMETIMES ONLY ONE MODEM HAS A CONNECTION,. THANKS
Litterly watching this 7th time. Every time when I need to set my router up
Sunday funday project, it's also Sunday here in Sydney.
this worked for me. Thank you so much.... earlier i was just connecting 2 routers with lan cable. internet was working but i think they were conflicting too much.... internet was fluctuating...i was not able to watch a full video with out loading... i was so frustrated this helped a lot. thank you.
Last time I only get 10Mbps using other tutorials, now I'm getting full 100Mbps. I missed the manual IP assignment on the second router, got it from this tutorial.
Thanks buddy this method worked for me... apart from all the other videos I had seen, this one was the easiest to follow yet efficient.
Best tutorial on TH-cam ever
Helped me set up an access point in no time! Thanks! 🎉
>Tech guy
> Uses macs almost exclusively
Jk lol
lolol
And he considered that as a brag, LMFAO
Thanks the download speed and ping became WAY better
I used a powerline starter kit, so setting up the second router in this way was nevertheless necessary and thanks for the useful video
Very understandable and very helpful, thank you.
Video was a great help. After setting up my old router according to the guide, I realized it already came with a pre-setup AP mode anyway. LOL!
It defies the purpose to use a long ethernet cable, most people trying to extend their internet do not have the option to run a long cable hence the reason why they are looking for a this solution. If you can run a long cable between two floors might as well use a switch and hard wire everything.
I would also like to know if this can be done without an Ethernet cable. Thanks
yes it can but ethernet cable is recommended
DHCP !!! That's what I needed to change !
Man, I keep getting back to this video because it's just well made.
My current setup is like this:
1st router that's connected to the landline or whatever and get access to the internet first.
2nd router connected with a long cable to my room.
3rd router that is in my sibling's room and is connected to 2nd router with a cable.
I JUST set up the 3rd router for some specific reasons but it created some problems. Like, on my 2nd router, all 4 ethernet ports were occupied:
1. cable coming from 1st router
2. My PC
3. cable going to 3rd router
4. Xbox One
For some reason, if I had all 3 of them connected, 1 of them would not have access to the internet even though it said they were connected and had no other problems. If I changed the order at when I plugged in each cable, a different device would lose access to the internet. I even changed that router to a different old 4th router but nothing. I knew I had missed a step so I came back here to find the solution and it was to disable the DHCP !!!
It works good. Thanks. But need wireless connection.
This is so awesome. Thank you for this. you saved my life. My wife can't thank me enough.
Excellent explanation. Thank you for getting straight to the point and explaining it so well
Thanks for your video...it was very helpful and I could setup 2nd router as extender
Great video thank you. Have been looking for a solution and this looks like it will provide better speeds than MESH. Could I connect the 2 routers via home plugs to achieve the same result?
2:14
Thanks so much for this video! It saved us money by allowing us to make an old "EE Smart Hub" into a repeater. I can now get a great connection anywhere in the flat. The only downside that ive found is that when I change the IP address, I can no longer access the second router settings. My only workaround for this, was to make changing the IP the very LAST thing I did before saving my changes.
Now it works, I just have to pray that I don't need to reconfigure anything soon. :D
Awesome. It's good to hear that :)
This is exactly what I want to do. Cheers.
Could you please explain why the ethernet cable should be connected in a Lan port of the second router and not in the Wan port?
I think i get that it is because you want it as a repeater, but i just want to be sure.
Thanks for this quick and very informative video just saved me from buying a WiFi extender
Boasting his mac cannot do something??
And then shows one of his macs being able to do it...
if he bought the new macs then he damn well knew he should had picked up an ethernet adapter
Do we need to make a reserved DHCP pool for primary router and assign an IP address from that pool to the secondary router so the primary router will not assign the same IP address to a different client that may cause IP conflict?
Thats great...but only disadvantage is it requires cable connection with old one. And extenders avl in market can work without wire.
Very clear 👌
Or cloud you use the powerline ethernet cables to plug into your router to use it as WiFi
Thanks for the tip
So do you still have to use the ethernet cable between the 2 routers?
worked 100%, thanks mate.
You're welcome!
These are the same 2 routers im using! OMG
can i do this WITHOUT connecting the two routers with a ethernet cable ?
Yes you can. Search using router as a repeater and you will get plenty of results
Excellent video
Thank you for this video. Very very helpful
Missing info about using different channels so that they don't interfere and, separately, I wonder if channel width should be the same similarly to how security settings should match
My wireless doesn't auto switch to the stronger signal, I am wondering if it has something to do with wifi channel and Width. Should wifi channel in Both routers remain the same or different and what about the channel Width?
Is this allowed? Like if your using routers from different companies?
YES. I just tried it and it worked. Tp-Link and Amped
I set in first router a static ip reserved for second router and change ip start address. I also disabled all the wan stuff on second router and used a LAN port instead of Wan. I tried bridge mode but it was really chopping connection like a stop go sort of traffic
Perfect explaination, but i still ran into a problem
It works for a couple of seconds, on my old router. And then it stops working.
I wasn’t able to do the NAT thing, but the rest i think i did fine.
I hope you can help me :)
This was so helpful..thanks
Nice advice, love it 👍🏽🙏🏽👊🏽
thanks it was very helpful
So is there no way to do this without running an ethernet cable? Is there a way to do this with the secondary router totally wireless other than its power supply?
How do i connect to router configuration for the second router if it has no internet?
You dont need internet to connect to a wifi router. Key in the IP address of your old router, and you will get to the login page - Login credentials and even the router IP can be found in the back of your router.
@@ashwinpstpr how do you find the IP addres of the old router without internet?
Could I connect an ethernet cable to the second router for a wired connection?
Yes
Does the Ethernet have to stay plugged in after setup for this to work?
Really helpful video
I was thinking this vs buying a mesh router, but you need a long ethernet cable, sometimes that's not always practical sadly. Especially over walk/doorways.
No way, my wifi SSID is batcave
Oddly seems pretty popular. Our neighbors was batcave so we made ours catcave lol
Well-paced guide with good visuals and explanations. Cheers
should I use the same channel for both routers?
so you can only use that as wifi extender you cannot connect your device to the 2nd router using Ethernet cable only through wifi.?
How can I do this but without having to run lan cables
powerline
Can these configuration be done on a smartphone?
Hi, can we do this without connecting the two routers with an ethernet cable? Thanks so much!
I found an answer online!
Yes, I'm a tortoise what was the answer?
Thanks.. really helpful
Thanks very helpful - it worked!! Also, my husband and I are arguing what your accent is (sounds like a mix?!) - can you pls settle the score and tell us :)
Is powerline /PoE reliable? Never used it.
We want a wireless extender . No wires to trip over.
Use powerline over Ethernet adapters and snap an access point on the other end. Otherwise run Ethernet. Wifi extenders suck and cut your bandwidth in half.
Xiaomi wifi repeater
@@norge696 i have no idea what you said can you explain?
@@justyn6750 Powerline adapters convert the wires within the walls to Ethernet. So you plug one adapter by your router and the other one to the device you want to connect.
@@norge696 oh shit that's cool
Even though I evened up ruining my router doing these steps. I gave you a thumbs up
F
You keep your BT on on Mac? I keep it off if not in use. 😒
Hi, the tutorial worked perfectly,
However i have a plan of 250 mbps ,
And when i extend it to another router , in starting there is full speed transmitted, however after some time , am only able to get 70-80mbps on the secondary router , and when i restart the secondary router am again able to get a speed of 250 mbps , could you please help .
Awesome worked for me!
Did you name them same ssid?
Can you use ethernet ports on both routers for other things?
4:42 This is the reason I came here. I also turned an old modem into like a wifi extension, but it's like they're 2 different access points and I was wondering if I should or even could turn them into one. Also curious if my phone is within range, will it use both at the same time, increasing the speed. I imagine no though.
In order to automatically switch to the stronger AP, you need to invest in a "Mesh" AP. Available at Amazon.
I have D-Link 2750 U router please help me set this as repeaterl
Indian with British accent, charming. Will watch
That sounded me more of Australian than British.
How do I log back into the second router? I can only log into the first router. How do I find the default gateway of second router?
You connect to the new default gateway that you have assigned to your secondary router.
Can you make an updated video on this? ^^
will this effect my wired connection speed??
u can use bridging feature so that u will not need to connect both router physically ...
Can this be done without linking the two with a wire
Can I use the Access Point without having to connect it to the router via cable?
My question as well
Same what if your using a wifi extender to connect to the original modem.via wifi??
Look up to see if your router has Bridge mode
Doesn't that defeat the purpose? The access point is put in the area with weak signal to improve it... so it would only get the weak signal to send....probably making it even weaker? Just my speculation.
awesome video! thank you!!!! life saver during this lockdown!
very helpful! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Can't access my secondary router settings now after disabling DHCP.
Same
If you turn off DHCP, but your computer is relying on that router to issue an IP address by DHCP, you will need to manually change your computer's IP address to a static address instead of "Obtain automatically from DHCP"
If we would make secon router to main. And main router to second. How we can do?
Is it the same process to connect things from the 2nd router via ethernet cable?
Can you do this with spectrum? And if so can you make a video tutorial?
After configuring 2nd route using the same SSID. other devices connect with the wifi having an issue recognized and show limited connection. Not sure what went wrong.
I have two routers from different manufacturers. One assigned as main and the second as access points with DHCP disable, but still not work properly although I changed the IP to static. I setup the SSID and others settings same as the main one
did it work ? what settings ? thank you.
can this work on different routers??
Can you use a 3rd router as a second access point?
Can this be made wireless connection, using wds bridging? If you do know how to do that for TP link NADSL +2 router as repeater please help out.