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Old 19-11-2012, 10:25   #16
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Re: Best way to extend wifi to 'dead' area of house

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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq View Post
Depends which port on the router you plug the cable into.

I would set the second router to a manually excluded IP, turn off the DHCP server on it, and plug the cable into the LAN port. Then your devices can seamlessly move between the two as if the same network.
Hi,
Thanks for that but can you elaborate a little please?
Do I have to set the IP of the second router to one which is outside the range of the first presumably?
Call it the same network name as the first? is that the SSID?

thanks
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