Extending WiFi signal using a second router ?
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Extending WiFi signal using a second router ?
21-05-2016 11:19 AM
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I have fibre broadband using a plusnet hub 1 router and want to extend the wifi signal to other remote parts of the house. I have an Ethernet connection from the hub to my PC and would like if possible to use a second router connected to this Ethernet cable to give a wifi signal in that part of the house. I have a Sagecom 2704N PlusNet router available or an older Thomson gateway router.
Is the Hub 1 suitable to use for this purpose and can I use either the Sagecom or Thomson as a repeater router ? If so how do I go about it ?
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21-05-2016 6:15 PM
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The following link shows how to configure the Technicolor router as a remote wireless access point.
IIRC the Hub one uses a gateway IP of 192.168.1.254, if that's right the IP settings in the link will be ok for use with the Hub One.
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24-05-2016 8:00 PM
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Thanks for this. I think the problem may be that I can't login to the older routers to change settings etc - presumably because I am on fibre broadband and I think they may need to be connected to the phone line via a suitable modem.
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24-05-2016 8:10 PM - edited 24-05-2016 8:11 PM
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24-05-2016 8:43 PM
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That's fine but the old routers won't work because I do not have a separate modem (the plusnet hub has a built in modem).
I think that I will either need to buy a new router that has a built in modem or alternatively buy a separate modem ?
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24-05-2016 11:46 PM
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To setup the router you should connect to it using an ethernet cable and follow the instructions in the link provided by @npr.
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25-05-2016 12:33 PM
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Forgive me if I am being thick but I thought that to change the settings on my old router I need to disconnect my hub router and connect the old router to the phone line and connect from the router to my PC via Ethernet cable - is this correct ? If so my problem is that I cannot connect the old router to broadband because I do not then have a modem (it is part of the hub router !!). That is why I suggested that I may have to buy a modem - literally just to enable me to change the router settings, but NOT to leave it connected long term.
I can see that a second router with built in modem would not be a good idea.
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25-05-2016 12:50 PM
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Forgive me if I am being thick but I thought that to change the settings on my old router I need to disconnect my hub router and connect the old router to the phone line and connect from the router to my PC via Ethernet cable - is this correct ?
No, there's no need to connect it to the phone line, just connect your PC to the router and you'll be able to configure it.
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