Hey Folks, I have fiber at home and my own personal Netgear router for wifi access. All is well, but I would like to extend my network a little bit as I have a garage that does not pick up the wifi that great. I have an old D-Link DIR-601 router that I would like to use as a bridge to extend the wifi. Here is what I know (not sure if I am right)
Hook up old router, log into it and disable the DHCP settings, then change IP address to say 192.168.1.254, then change wireless configurations to manual. Change SSID name to my home network name and make sure the security is set as the same.
If that is all I need to do, do I unhook the newly configured (old router) and just plug it into the wall, or does the old router also have to be plugged into another computer out near the garage?
If I am WAY off base I apologize.
Also, if I do get it up and running...how do you actually know if it is working?
Hook up old router, log into it and disable the DHCP settings, then change IP address to say 192.168.1.254, then change wireless configurations to manual. Change SSID name to my home network name and make sure the security is set as the same.
If that is all I need to do, do I unhook the newly configured (old router) and just plug it into the wall, or does the old router also have to be plugged into another computer out near the garage?
If I am WAY off base I apologize.
Also, if I do get it up and running...how do you actually know if it is working?
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