Hi all , I know this is not "lamping " , but I thought that most of us have wifi and use the internet in our daily lives for one reason hobby or business and it has become a way of life these days. When wi fi signals fail or something happens often it can be frustrating for some , for these persons with the necessary skills it is no problem ....... a breeze to sort for the technically minded. We all progress with technology and improve our wifi systems ... well what happens to your old bygone wifi apperatus ? you either recycle/skip it/ leave it somewhere in a box /or give it away/ or make use of it. Well I improved my little lot here by creating a wireless access point in my home in a poor reception area. I have a Virgin Media router well past its sell by date ,and I have a strong signal. I have a Dual band Superhub 2ac router.....2.4 and 5.0 ghz ...now the 5.0 is fine and strong but the 2.4 is not and one part of my home its cuts off and drops out. Now I know I can aquire powerline adapters and wifi extending units ....but no I will try something else ...Virgin media want 35 pounds for a replacement router. So I fished out from the loft on old TP link WR 641G router from the attic , ran an ethernet Cat5E cable from the existing Virgin hub some 17 metres and voila ... after accessing of course the settings of both routers making notes and reprogramming the old TP link router ... it worked a treat ... my wifi signal has zoomed up to over 90% in my dead black spot and I am delighted. There are many U tube videos out there to show the pairing of routers etc ... and to some this is basic to others a little confusing .. It was not that hard at all to do and now I have wall to wall coverage ..with only the price of an ethernet cable. I could provide the best you tube clip I used for doing this if required .. keep your old router.
@Alby I operate a dsl router plus 2x wifi access points at my home. = 1 wifi per floor. Both access points connected via lan cable to the router. As fallback i kept two old dsl router who can stand in for the wifi hotspots. To achieve this i follow this logic... Main Dsl router uses dhcp in ip range 192.168.178.32-255 While the hotspots or old wifi routers get fixed ip 192.168.178.2ff and dhcp switched off. Don't bother the dsl setting in old routers.
