EXACTLY what I was looking for - with excellent animations and stuff. This is just tremendously good! Great job.

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

Thank you for a simple, yet thorough explanation. Great quality video.

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!

@luter82

4 жыл бұрын

Same problem here

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!

Better explained than other videos trying to explain the same thing. I will try this out. Thanks!

Your explanation is clearer than crystal

@waiitwhaat

3 жыл бұрын

Okay Ray Mak, this is NOT a meme video, you have NO BUSINESS BEING HERE AS WELL

@hardushelm6268

3 жыл бұрын

In Australia its called ice

@Tejvir7

3 жыл бұрын

So like air

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.

I have already do this and it works very well, if you have an old router with wifi this is very worth doing.

Best tutorial on KZread ever

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 !!

@Massud3O3

4 жыл бұрын

Did you test the speed with the 2nd router to see whether there is any drop mbs when using the wifi?

@vishnunarang

4 жыл бұрын

@@Massud3O3 yes. I tested it. Non perceivable difference. Most of the time, it was as good as the main router

@JadisLive

3 жыл бұрын

is it possible to do without lan cable?

@alangoudie1308

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

Brilliant. Worked first time. Very glad I did not depose of that old router.

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!

@Smartdnsproxy

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Helped me set up an access point in no time! 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.

I used a powerline starter kit, so setting up the second router in this way was nevertheless necessary and thanks for the useful video

Thanks for the tip

Very understandable and very helpful, thank you.

Thank you for this video. Very very helpful

very helpful! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Nice advice, love it 👍🏽🙏🏽👊🏽

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?

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

Excellent explanation. Thank you for getting straight to the point and explaining it so well

This is so awesome. Thank you for this. you saved my life. My wife can't thank me enough.

Thanks for your video...it was very helpful and I could setup 2nd router as extender

Amazing, thanks a lot m8

This was so helpful..thanks

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 !!!

Well-paced guide with good visuals and explanations. Cheers

Thanks.. really helpful

Thanks for this quick and very informative video just saved me from buying a WiFi extender

worked 100%, thanks mate.

@Smartdnsproxy

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Very clear 👌

This is exactly what I want to do. Cheers.

this is genius!

Best explanation among them all

If I want to create a third router as an access point as well do I need to run ethernet from the original or can I simply run it from the secondary?

Litterly watching this 7th time. Every time when I need to set my router up

Awesome worked for me!

@anuraganasane308

4 жыл бұрын

Did you name them same ssid?

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 it was very helpful

I would also like to know if this can be done without an Ethernet cable. Thanks

@jbjakers804

4 жыл бұрын

yes it can but ethernet cable is recommended

Quick question, will it work with 2 diferent brand wifi router? My new main wifi router is cisco. My old one is TP link.

Really helpful video

should I use the same channel for both routers?

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

@Smartdnsproxy

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome. It's good to hear that :)

"I only have macs. . . not to boast" like having inferior tech is something to boast about

@GummyBearRacing

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you but came to the comments to find these trolling comments🤣

@dragynfyng8231

4 жыл бұрын

iT's NoT iNfeRiOr eyE sOld mY sOn fOr wOn PeE Es: PiPpiN iZ bEsT CoNsOLLe Sent from my iPod Nano

@chris210352

4 жыл бұрын

As an IT professional I beg to disagree.

@jaxbron4772

4 жыл бұрын

Haha!

@StrengthFromGiving

4 жыл бұрын

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.

Did you use a straight through or crossover cables?

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.

These are the same 2 routers im using! OMG

awesome video! thank you!!!! life saver during this lockdown!

Ok so iam using a wifi-extender which allows me to boost a Wifi network to the rest of my house. By turning a router into an AP, i will always have to use a network cable? I think in my case i should better use 2 wifi-extender's don't you think?

The old router I'm using temporarily for this set up has no NAT settings at all. Just UPnP can be found. I wonder if I should disable that? Or will it even make a difference?

will it work if I have a cable switch in between? main router +switch+ second router.. please advice.

Thank you for this video! your really informative, I have a Question: I have a Netgear Nighthawk router that I want to connect to a Fios Router as a Access Point, and in the Nighthawk router settings it has AP mode (Access Point mode) , Do I just turn it on enable the AP mode and that's it?? or do I need to do something else in the settings? Thank you.

@t00lh43

4 жыл бұрын

Did you figure this out? I would think if ap was an option then that would be it.

@steveharker6301

4 жыл бұрын

Change the wifi first to model the original then put it in AP mode........You should be good to go after that

Is it the same process to connect things from the 2nd router via ethernet cable?

Excellent video

Sunday funday project, it's also Sunday here in Sydney.

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.

So, after we setup the secondary router this way, I could access my network harddisk connected to Batcave, when I'm connected to Batcave2? I'm new at this . . .

@SmithsonJackson

4 жыл бұрын

yes

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 :)

Thanks the download speed and ping became WAY better

Can you give me the name of the Wi-Fi analyzer your using., ie name and developer. Do they have this apple program that can be used on an iPad?

Can you connect the second router to a lan cable in the wall or do you have to connect both routers to eachother

@Liampanto

5 жыл бұрын

its the same thing

It works good. Thanks. But need wireless connection.

Hi and thanks, one question though, instead of using a long cable to attach the second router, can I use powerline adapters that I already have? Thanks again.

@mikek9066

3 жыл бұрын

Powerline adapters don't typically work well enough for this to be effective. I would use a MoCA 2.5 setup to use existing coaxial cables as ethernet alternative. Can get basically the same speed as ethernet, anywhere in your house. Other videos show how to set this up. I'm about to do it myself.

Thats great...but only disadvantage is it requires cable connection with old one. And extenders avl in market can work without wire.

will this be the same as having a mesh network? will the other lan ports still work on both routers in case anyone wants to work plugged in instead via wifi? thanks in advance.

Can you use ethernet ports on both routers for other things?

So do you still have to use the ethernet cable between the 2 routers?

>Tech guy > Uses macs almost exclusively Jk lol

@L1NTL1CKER

4 жыл бұрын

lolol

@crockbuddy

4 жыл бұрын

And he considered that as a brag, LMFAO

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?

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?

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.

is there a way to config the old router to receive wifi signals from the new router (instead of an Ethernet cable) to extend your network?

Can you use your old/ 2nd router without an ethernet cable?

How do I connect the same model of secondary router wirelessly?? Is it possible or not?

Damn thanks

can I use a usb to Ethernet adapter? and also will a cat 7 wire work?

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.

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 :)

Hi I followed the instructions (as best I could anyway) and it seemed to work Ok, but now my main PC wont connect directly to the Internet via the Ethernet port. When I unplug my old router (that I I want to use as extender), it works again...any tips/tricks to fix it?

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.

thanks buddy

Hi I have a question, I have a P2P ISP provided router and can't upgrade it so I want to use a dual band Asus router as a repeater close by. Is it possible to use a dual band router as a repeater??

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.

@mattkilbourne4654

4 жыл бұрын

In order to automatically switch to the stronger AP, you need to invest in a "Mesh" AP. Available at Amazon.

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

@Whoiswho708

3 жыл бұрын

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?

Can I do this AND throw in an Extender/Repeater? I need a whole building covered...

Can you do this with spectrum? And if so can you make a video tutorial?

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

@luvcrim

Жыл бұрын

did it work ? what settings ? thank you.

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

can you do it without a ethernet cable between the 2 router ???

sir do you know how to fix bricked wifi WR 840N TPLINK PLZZZ

Can I do this using a powerline adapter with a 2nd router?

Can I use an old router from Comcast that I have and don’t use?

Boasting his mac cannot do something??

@EmperorMingg

4 жыл бұрын

And then shows one of his macs being able to do it...

@mario7832

3 жыл бұрын

if he bought the new macs then he damn well knew he should had picked up an ethernet adapter

can you connect both routers with a power line ?

Is powerline /PoE reliable? Never used it.