how can i make a repeater myself

[crunchraven]

Hello there dear community
i change telephony service and they send me a new router so my old one is out of use and useless now
the fact is that one room of my house has so low wireless signal so i cant connect to my wifi from there...
can i use my old router somehow to work as repeater?i am totally unaware from internet connectivity and etc,i have just read that there can be a way to extend your wireless signal
my old router is ZTE zxdsl 931wii

 

[EdgeT]

Easily. Plug the old router's power, then plug an ethernet cable into it and a PC (preferably not connected to any other network, unless you know what you're doing), go into the router's config page, disable the DHCP server, then unplug the PC, plug the old router into the new one and voilà, job done.

Edit: you might need to reboot the old router for the changes to take effect.
Edit2: if it doesn't work, your router doesn't have a DHCP client, it's only slightly more complicated, let me know and I'll go into more detail, or find a tutorial on the net, should be very easy to find.

 

[crunchraven]

thanks for your fast responce friend
but if i plug my old router to the new one will it make the signal stronger?the repeater isnt to install it somewhere between the room that you dont have signal and the main router?

 

[BuddhaSkoota]

Easily. Plug the old router's power, then plug an ethernet cable into it and a PC (preferably not connected to any other network, unless you know what you're doing), go into the router's config page, disable the DHCP server, then unplug the PC, plug the old router into the new one and voilà, job done.

Edit: you might need to reboot the old router for the changes to take effect.
Edit2: if it doesn't work, your router doesn't have a DHCP client, it's only slightly more complicated, let me know and I'll go into more detail, or find a tutorial on the net, should be very easy to find.

This method creates an AP, not a repeater.

I don't believe the model of router supports repeater/extender mode, nor will it accept DD-WRT to provide such functionality.

 

[crunchraven]

Easily. Plug the old router's power, then plug an ethernet cable into it and a PC (preferably not connected to any other network, unless you know what you're doing), go into the router's config page, disable the DHCP server, then unplug the PC, plug the old router into the new one and voilà, job done.

Edit: you might need to reboot the old router for the changes to take effect.
Edit2: if it doesn't work, your router doesn't have a DHCP client, it's only slightly more complicated, let me know and I'll go into more detail, or find a tutorial on the net, should be very easy to find.

This method creates an AP, not a repeater.

I don't believe the model of router supports repeater/extender mode, nor will it accept DD-WRT to provide such functionality.

 

[crunchraven]

yeah that i also think so...will it be better signal if it becomes this AP??

 

[BuddhaSkoota]

When configured as an AP, it's not likely to significantly improve your signal unless you can have it wired close to the room where the signal is weak. If you can somehow install a Cat5 cable from your new router to your room, then you should be able to solve the issue by using your old router.

 

[EdgeT]

Depending on where you live, I doubt the routers ISPs provide have a repeater functionality, I live in France and know of 0 ISPs that provide such routers.
It will create a second AP, not improve the signal, but you can place it in a room closer to the one you want the signal to go to.
Basically, use one of them for half the house/apartment and the other router for the other half.

If you want to do this for a desktop PC however, I second what Buddha said, get an ethernet cable, wired networking is always better than wireless.

 

[crunchraven]

i cant connect my desktop pc wired because i have just one telephony socket in the middle of the house
so i cant use the old router as a repeater i see...maybe to use it a AP to take wireless signal from this one?is there any method to check which router has better signal?

 

[crunchraven]

any suggestion guys?

 

[hang-the-9]

You either need to buy a wifi repeater which will half your signal at the other end or use your old router as an AP. Just run a cable closer to the area you need better wireless signal, and hook up the old router there using one of the regular eithernet ports, not the WAN one. You can also use powerline networking to do this if you don't want to or can't run a cable, just hook up the router to the second powerline plug.

After you turn off DHCP in the router, set that router's IP to the IP of the network, use something like 250 for the last IP number, create the wireless setup to match the one your main router is handing out, security settings, name and password but on a different channel. The computers closer to that router should then connect to it for the wifi signal instead of the far off one.

 

[crunchraven]

oh really great answer thanks...so i will have in my house 2 wireless from each router from my tel.line?they will be the same but with different name and channle right?i should put them i different channel so that they wont got confused?