SECOND WI-FI ROUTER TO EXTEND RANGE

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Good day All

I have a Duoplus 300 router installed on my Telkom ADSL line on the lower level of a multi-level building. It works fine but the wireless reception on the floor above is non-existant. Someone at work mentioned that I can use a second router (on upper floor) and run a cable to the primary router and plug it into one of the ethernet ports. The secondary router will then use the same settings etc of the primary but distribute wi-fi signal on upper floor - so he said.

Will this work if I get a second Duoplus 300?
Any advice on how to set the secondary router up?

All advice would be appreciated as I am not very tech savvy on these things...
 
Nowhere said:
Good day All

I have a Duoplus 300 router installed on my Telkom ADSL line on the lower level of a multi-level building. It works fine but the wireless reception on the floor above is non-existant. Someone at work mentioned that I can use a second router (on upper floor) and run a cable to the primary router and plug it into one of the ethernet ports. The secondary router will then use the same settings etc of the primary but distribute wi-fi signal on upper floor - so he said.

Will this work if I get a second Duoplus 300?
Any advice on how to set the secondary router up?

All advice would be appreciated as I am not very tech savvy on these things...
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No it wont you will need a WAP wireless access point you can connect that to a enternet cable and boost wifi or you can repeat the wireless signal to boost its range.
 
adam_g said:
No it wont you will need a WAP wireless access point you can connect that to a enternet cable and boost wifi or you can repeat the wireless signal to boost its range.
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Not entirely correct,you just need any Router that you can disable the DHCP on,so yes his method is doable with a bit of know-how
 
Heyyyy !

Funny co-incidence, I managed to do the exact same thing with a Duo plus 300WR and a Billion 400G. What you need to look for is a setting called WDS. Its available in both those routers. Make sure they have the same wifi settings (SSID, security type, password, channel) and then punch in the MAC addresses under the WDS section and they connect.

Not my best tutorial... I'm at work atm. Can help you out later if need be. PM me.
 
PsyWulf said:
Not entirely correct,you just need any Router that you can disable the DHCP on,so yes his method is doable with a bit of know-how
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+1 You will have to do this on the second/repeater/non-main router

and change the IP address to 10.0.0.1 (easiest, as its out of the main routers DHCP range)
 
Nowhere said:
Good day All

I have a Duoplus 300 router installed on my Telkom ADSL line on the lower level of a multi-level building. It works fine but the wireless reception on the floor above is non-existant. Someone at work mentioned that I can use a second router (on upper floor) and run a cable to the primary router and plug it into one of the ethernet ports. The secondary router will then use the same settings etc of the primary but distribute wi-fi signal on upper floor - so he said.

Will this work if I get a second Duoplus 300?
Any advice on how to set the secondary router up?

All advice would be appreciated as I am not very tech savvy on these things...
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I used one of these in PE to extend the wifi range and it worked really well. Cost about R450

http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-sol...-and-bridges/dap-1320-wireless-range-extender

EDIT: And you don't have to mess with IP's or DHCP settings or anything, it's basically:
Enter web UI, find wifi network, enter password and play. ;)
 
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YOu dont have to get a duo plus router you can use almost any router to save cost (i picked up a cheap chinese B-link for like R100 from matrix worked well enough) so a standard router doesnt have to have ADSL or 3G ports etc
simple steps
say Ip adress on main router is 10.0.0.1 .
go onto main router and clear up a few IP addresses from the DCHP so say set your start range at 10.0.0.10 (you can use 10.0.0.3 but keep a few for future routers or settings IP on devices etc)
save settings and reboot router

New router set its ip to 10.0.0.2 - save and reboot here - then connect using new IP
Set router in Router mode (not gateway or PPPOE etc )
Turn off DCHP server.
set the Wifi SSID to exactly the same name and password as the main router only the channel must be different try and keep them like 4 or 5 channels apart so main router channel 1 and second one channel 5 ( just personally think its best could be anecdotal).
Only save the setting snow (doing it just after turning DCHP you might not be able to access the router unless connected to the main router)
connect the 2 routers via Lan ports (not WAN!)
connect to the main router and confirm you can access the second router via the new IP.
and all should be hunk dory.
 
PsyWulf said:
Not entirely correct,you just need any Router that you can disable the DHCP on,so yes his method is doable with a bit of know-how
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Yea but rather be safe then sorry and get an access point I connect mine with an ethernet cale with DHCP :)
 
adam_g said:
Yea but rather be safe then sorry and get an access point I connect mine with an ethernet cale with DHCP :)
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Surprisingly it's often cheaper to buy Routers and just re-appropriate them :P But yes an AP is more accomodating out-of-the-box
 
im trying to connect my duo plus to my vodafone fibre router, telkoms interface is way too confusing
 
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