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Re: Best way to extend wifi to 'dead' area of house
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
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?
Re: Best way to extend wifi to 'dead' area of house
As an example, you could set a static ip for your first router of 192.168.1.254, then .253 for your second router and then let the first router hand out addresses via dhcp which will start at .101
Even though you havent got coverage throughout the entire house i would still use non-overlapping channels.
Re: Best way to extend wifi to 'dead' area of house
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Originally Posted by Graham M
Does not need to be on a different channel, but may help if it causes interference (if you notice a drop in speed, difficulty to connect, etc.)
Depending on your particular setup there may be advantages in using the same channel - If you setup different channels you may find that your PC connects to the first channel it finds rather than the strongest signal.
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