nabeeltootla
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I am trying to get an old router to function as a repeater, but I don't really know how.
My current router is a TP-Link w8970, and my old router is a Netgear duo pro 300wr (those standard white ones that came from telkom way back).
Anyway, I don't really know how to configure the settings on either for this setup to work, I have read up online but the only solid guides are very specific to other routers. I have gone through the user manuals of both and have found some of the settings that I think I would need to configure, but still don't know what exactly needs to be set to what.
I can't connect them by ethernet so they will have to talk to each other wirelessly. Also this setup isn't permenant, and I want to be able to change the settings back easily, so I don't want to use custom firmware.
There seem to be conflicting information for a repeater, and a bridge setup where the 2nd router would be on a seperate network and connect into the first, I don't want to do this, I just want 1 single network and want to extend the range of it.
For instance, whether the SSID's should be the same or not; or if they should be on the same channel or different ones. From what I can gather, I do need to disable the old router as a dhcp server and also alter the WDS setting. But like I said, the settings I need to use on my routers is sketchy.
Configuring the TP-Link to communicate with the router/repeater is also tricky as the manual only really seemed to mention using the router as a repeater and not as a base station.
Lastly I should mention that I have a hard drive connected to the TP-Link via USB as a network storage and to work as a media server. I want to be able to access this whilst connected to the repeater.
My current router is a TP-Link w8970, and my old router is a Netgear duo pro 300wr (those standard white ones that came from telkom way back).
Anyway, I don't really know how to configure the settings on either for this setup to work, I have read up online but the only solid guides are very specific to other routers. I have gone through the user manuals of both and have found some of the settings that I think I would need to configure, but still don't know what exactly needs to be set to what.
I can't connect them by ethernet so they will have to talk to each other wirelessly. Also this setup isn't permenant, and I want to be able to change the settings back easily, so I don't want to use custom firmware.
There seem to be conflicting information for a repeater, and a bridge setup where the 2nd router would be on a seperate network and connect into the first, I don't want to do this, I just want 1 single network and want to extend the range of it.
For instance, whether the SSID's should be the same or not; or if they should be on the same channel or different ones. From what I can gather, I do need to disable the old router as a dhcp server and also alter the WDS setting. But like I said, the settings I need to use on my routers is sketchy.
Configuring the TP-Link to communicate with the router/repeater is also tricky as the manual only really seemed to mention using the router as a repeater and not as a base station.
Lastly I should mention that I have a hard drive connected to the TP-Link via USB as a network storage and to work as a media server. I want to be able to access this whilst connected to the repeater.