DON'T Throw Away Your Old Router - WDS

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Learn about WDS and how it's like turning your router into an invisible Ethernet cable.
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@dumpsterdawg 3 года назад

"Never plug it in to the WAN port" If you do Linus and Luke will never stop interrupting you

@sghasas 3 года назад

Very very true

@JohnSmith-xq1pz 3 года назад

But maybe than they'll start the show on time

@Roeclean 3 года назад

Me:WELL. IT JUST GAVE ME NO WIFI😑😑

@ErilynOfAnachronos 3 года назад

@@Roeclean But were you able to watch the WAN show?

@ailivac 3 года назад

unless you've got custom firmware that lets you bridge them all together

@johnsherby9130 3 года назад

I can’t be the only person who tries these 20 minute type projects sometimes and always runs into crazy issues that nobody else has ever seen

@hunter1586 3 года назад

Me trying to port forward for my Minecraft server :(

@johnsherby9130 3 года назад

@@hunter1586 lmfao I tried that and the server just never worked. No clue why but I just got some random error code that doesn’t exist anywhere on google I guess

@ratbag359 3 года назад

broken router firmware is fun :) many have features that were never tested. like one i had that would not let you set dns manually if you did it would just put 0.0.0.0 lol

@cpufreak101 3 года назад

@@ratbag359 if only it were 1.1.1.1, which actually is a DNS server, but sadly it wasn't to be lol

@brwetide 3 года назад

I always have the exact wrong hardware revisions for any of the 'good stuff' to work. Always.

@AnonymousMC 3 года назад

Let's appreciate that they keep their videos short and straightforward, doing what their name says.

@takehirolol5962 3 года назад

They know their audience which are the Zoomers...

@AnonymousMC 3 года назад

@@takehirolol5962 Lol

@AnonymousMC 3 года назад

@Owol Yeah

@StanchestCord3 3 года назад

Shortcircuit: am I a joke to you?

@elijahmorgan6474 3 года назад

I thought that I made a comment on this as we have the exact same profile pic

@finleybray 3 года назад

"it's like running an ethernet cable, but wirelessly" my man just explained wifi

@夏愛-j7z 3 года назад

Does connecting a router to a main by wire better than this solution?

@faisalalmalki5639 3 года назад

@@夏愛-j7z yes

@paulelderson934 3 года назад

@@夏愛-j7z wired is always better, just not always convenient.

@mauricewalshe8339 3 года назад

@blah blah but it cuts the bandwidth by half for each hop

@wolfshanze5980 3 года назад

Ummm... ya... this makes no sense unless the item you have doesn't have any Wifi capability, then you plug it into the 2ndary router... otherwise, you should just use wifi.

@pixelbagel9347 3 года назад

i actually got an ad with riley for pulseway, saying its time for quickbits. Love it

@thexijinping 3 года назад

Me too

@eklesiaibra4396 3 года назад

Yeah same here

@deejeysam9747 3 года назад

me too

@CreeperPookie 3 года назад

it's*

@justinpatterson5291 3 года назад

I got an add for weetbix...

@JeffGeerling 3 года назад

I never throw away my old router, I Craigslist that thing.

@Sensyr.R6 3 года назад

Lol

@memesauce7703 3 года назад

subsrcibe to pewidpeie

@th1nhhdk 3 года назад

@@memesauce7703 9 year old

@Kxnii 3 года назад

@@th1nhhdk yes

@darknessblades 3 года назад

Just get a new router from the same manufacturer, and see if you can enable Mesh networking. Works much better for larger homes

@lexhardy7938 3 года назад

0:40 "Kind of like running an ethernet cable, but wirelessly." Damn, did Ryley just invent Wifi?

@HearMeLearn 3 года назад

yes

@marutea_ 3 года назад

indeed

@E-hab 3 года назад

@@HearMeLearn Hey SINUS 😂

@fleshTH 3 года назад

And you can add Wired Equivalent Privacy

@LittleWhole 3 года назад

@@HearMeLearn Brings a new meaning to "sinus headache"

@nooneisback 3 года назад

"Don't throw away your old router" *Cries in 802.11g

@WorldWideMusic2000 3 года назад

I Just changed my router a hour ago, your video just saved his life.

@Jacobstoddy 3 года назад

What router you get I’m in the market ?

@cl_albus 3 года назад

Rember speed is cut in half

@fietae 3 года назад

don't use wds theres probably a better repeater option in the settings of your router. wds is pretty old and unsafe

@Malthus 3 года назад

@@cl_albus Still beats dropping the connection when ur ever so slightly too far...I knew my old router might come in handy! :p

@coolGhostVIRUS 3 года назад

Were you really going to just throw away a perfectly working piece of tech?

@Girz0r 3 года назад

Because that transition into corsair's ad was so buttery smooth, I watched the entire video. So smooth, I even questioned why Linus should even bother doing them anymore.

@x511100x 3 года назад

I'm throwing away my old AND new router right now. How about that?

@techaddictdude 3 года назад

You still have a komputer don't you?

@lorenzosorice 3 года назад

Smart, just get a mesh network system. 🙃

@mxdanger 3 года назад

Even better: sell them instead. :P

@Subreon 3 года назад

yeah, gotta get that starlink satellite instead lol. its now available in my area owo

@theguyinthechair 3 года назад

Rage quit?

@yzzoxi 3 года назад

A secondary router is also great for bypassing parental controls. Just make sure the secondary router assigns ip-adresses higher than the primary one and that the two routers are connected via LAN instead. There's probably more to this but this worked for me.

@Username-yv9pc 3 года назад

2:00 x.x.x.255 is not possible as it is your broadcast adress in the subnet and cannot be used as an ip-adress in a /24 subnet (same with x.x.x.0 and the ip your main router uses)

@32Zn 3 года назад

Thank you! They had a lot of ciritcal info right, shame that they made this „small“ mistake

@jackprice6599 3 года назад

Technically he said between 0 and 255, you are right though.

@luisgeraldes32 3 года назад

.1 is probably the address of the main router too, that's why he said BETWEEN, so, 2-254

@lawrencespicher1769 3 года назад

I agree, hi I'm a computer networking student

@lawrencespicher1769 3 года назад

@@luisgeraldes32 gateway ip's will most always be x.x.x.1

@simonbouchard2601 3 года назад

Btw, using a mask 255.255.255.0 which is the default for home networks, an address terminating with .255 is the broadcast address and not a valid device IP address!

@morgan1168 3 года назад

Riley: "Wow, you watched the whole video" Well actually I listened to the whole Riley ...... ASMR ya know

@Starfals 3 года назад

You are missing out on the epicness that is called Riley tho

@thewizdad 3 года назад

Good vid! One thing I’ recommended is setting up a DHCP pool of 150 IPs on the primary router (ie 192.168.1.1- 192.168.1.150) then using the IP’s that are not in the pool for static IP assignments. (Make the 2nd router 192.168.1.151) then it will never conflict with the DHCP pool.

@gbestwick 3 года назад

Within 2 and 254 is more accurate. .1 is invariably used by the main router and .255 is a special address used for broadcast.

@AltonV 3 года назад

He did say between

@LA-MJ 3 года назад

Use 42. 254 is also often assigned to routers

@deViant14 3 года назад

Eh...set DHCP to give out 192.168.1.100 to 200. Use any of the rest for static IPs. Kinda crazy though if you have a big family you could run out with my strategy.

@realFoxBox 3 года назад

"Setting the last number between 1 and 255". Actually you'll want to set it between 2 and 254. 255 is the broadcast IP for sending data to all devices on the network. You also don't typically want to set it to 1, because well, 1 is usually the gateway.

@sharkhanjeel 3 года назад

2:12 damn didn't know Riley was from Pakistan

@IntrigueKK 3 года назад

damn wtf pakistan

@WeeeAffandi 3 года назад

Raja Riley Khan Tanoli

@jinxblaze 3 года назад

Land of terrorism

@Pooka_ 3 года назад

@@jinxblaze true haha

@sugaryhull9688 3 года назад

They probably did that to increase bandwidth allocation

@jackkraken3888 3 года назад

Damn, even though I know this feature i'm just impressed at how well you added all the important points on such as disabling DHCP on the secondary router and keep the video so short!

@johnshadwick2287 3 года назад

I've decorated with the cables draped from the celling aesthetic.

@CockatooDude 3 года назад

Mmm that's the best one.

@Bitshift1125 3 года назад

Plugging directly into the WAN port increases the resolution of Linus by 3840%

@novicedroner2629 3 года назад

.255 is not a valid address where a /24 subnet mask is in use as is the case for most home networks and consumer routers. Also .1 is most likely going to be the main router's address.

@sodiboo 3 года назад

he said *between* those values

@fietae 3 года назад

@@sodiboo but the first one is possible while .255 isn't

@novicedroner2629 3 года назад

@@sodiboo When someone says pick a number between 1 and 10 do they never pick 1 or 10?

@BrianG61UK 3 года назад

@@novicedroner2629 Do you "throw a dice and get a number between 0 and 7"?

@sodiboo 3 года назад

@@novicedroner2629 between x and y is ambigous between an inclusive range and an exclusive one, if you instead say “pick a number from 1 to 10” that’s unambiguous

@persechini 3 года назад

I love how I had to figure everything in this video the hard way a while back when I set up my home network, but if I hadn't I wouldn't understand a thing now

@williambonsor3915 3 года назад

The wan port is my private line to The Wan Show 😂🏆

@bobg58 3 года назад

I live in a large victorian home with walls that don't like wifi. So I have a network of routers connected together. I've been doing it for a few years now and never had a problem. Good to see others have figured this out.

@MansoorBarri 3 года назад

2:12 "Region: Pakistan" ?!?

@AijazAhmed1 3 года назад

Nice catch man 😂

@P4NCH1 3 года назад

Some regions configs "allow" more wifi channels in the router 'cause in some countries legislations don't allow wireless networks on some ranges. It's not rare to see from 1 to 11 and if you select another it shows 1 to 15 for e.g. That can help to put your network on a channel that there is less neighbors: less noise :P

@lands1459 3 года назад

@@P4NCH1 true but it's illegal per FCC regulations.

@P4NCH1 3 года назад

@@lands1459 Indeed. But we all know that "can" and "should" are not the same thing..

@lands1459 3 года назад

@@P4NCH1 idk what you mean but kek

@AtaGunZ 3 года назад

Ditch IPv4, reject NAT. Embrace IPv6, become monke.

@Envisionater 3 года назад

Am i the only one that noticed Pakistan at 2:12 😂

@MikeTechnology 3 года назад

To be honest was nice to see this video back in 2010 . Because i did the same but using the wire method not the WiFi method. Was amazing in my hole backyard having strong wifi signal, this video man so nostalgic to see it . Keep the good work up 👍

@ScottTancock 3 года назад

"We've run out of ideas for Techquickie. What do we do?" "Let's make a video about a technology that's been around since the turn of the century and still sucks." "Give this man a medal!"

@frjoethesecond 3 года назад

IKR? I ended up running a 20-meter ethernet cable from the house to the shed in order to connect the two routers. The wireless version was painfully unreliable.

@inflameslp311 3 года назад

I have done this for multiple different reasons and it has worked reasonably well. For a while I needed a temporary wireless connection until I could get some cables long enough to run through the ceiling to provide data to a desk I had just moved. At this very moment, I am using it with a wireless baby camera that the wireless has died on, so I don’t have to run a line for it just to use it. TL;DR: great for temporary fixes, and makes wired devices wireless.

@EmilePolka 3 года назад

please take note that WDS only works reliably that uses the same chipset or at least the same generation and brand of the chip for it to work reliably. the replacement with WDS is Mesh, this one doesnt rely on using the same chipset, you only need for the chipset to support Mesh mode, if you run a openwrt querying the command "iw list" can display the supported modes.

@scotty562 3 года назад

It's also important to make sure the IP address of the secondary router is not in the range of the DHCP range on the primary router. Weird problems can happen otherwise.

@Technodude255 3 года назад

i was using the wrong channel settings 3 years ago when i was trying to do this. Thank you for reviving this project for me!

@estudiordl 3 года назад

LTT: "Don't thrown away you old router". Me who had stored his first 28Kbps dial up modem 😏

@Null-- 3 года назад

I still own my 300 baud modem for my C64.

@Dranok1 3 года назад

@@Null-- ooh, the big fat rubber cups? Acoustic coupler from hell?

@Null-- 3 года назад

@@Dranok1 This actually has a wired phone plug - though at the time I thought the acoustic ones looked so amazing. Also Wargames.

@chongkwokkim4326 3 года назад

Being straight to the point, it is, no doubt, the best WDS configuration guide on RU-vid.

@HecTechFPV 3 года назад

Back in the good ol'days we use to hand write then bit bang dd-wrt on to our routers!

@Minitomate 3 года назад

This video it makes it look so easy until you realize by configuring your routers that you've summoned some diabolic IPs that weren't suposed to assign to your PC and now your router portal fade into oblivion.

@hellothere8631 3 года назад

That smooth segway though

@isettech 3 года назад

The easy way to do this is to use a wireless gaming adapter for X box or similar wired console. It is designed from the start to be a wireless client with only one client port. This port can be connected to a switch if you need to expand the number of devices on the gaming adapter.

@zealby 3 года назад

dont worry ill just throw away my new router

@CreeperPookie 3 года назад

I'll*

@stxnw 3 года назад

@@CreeperPookie I’ll

@happykid5577 3 года назад

@@stxnw I’LL

@Gmen2010champs 3 года назад

I'lL

@CreeperPookie 3 года назад

Thanks for the help!

@TatsuZZmage 3 года назад

The fun of a dhcp collision, also remember XP bridging of lan devices, bridge the wifi and Ethernet, and watch the collision.

@Smithor 3 года назад

"192.168.0.1" 10.0.0.1 Gang rise up.

@DB-47 3 года назад

And also 172.16.0.1 - Why nobody wants me?

@m1nc3m3at 3 года назад

I’m here

@hunter1586 3 года назад

Xfinity: 10.0.0.1

@ratbag359 3 года назад

@@DB-47 lol no one seems to use it 192.168.x.x king and 10.x.x.x runner up 172.16.x.x to 172.31.x.x never seen used

@Smithor 3 года назад

I'm definitely a fan of 192.168.0.1 myself, but my current network was set up for 10.0.0.1 from my last router, and I was too lazy to switch all the static IP's haha.

@dazednconfused31337 3 года назад

I used the 12v transformer from an old router to power quiet fans I put on a loud AF 3D printer (24v). I harvested the Sunon Maglev 4020 etc fans from Sky PVRs and used the 320Gb HDDs for storage.

@Teksers 3 года назад

Working in IT for so long WDS for me, means Windows Deployment Services.

@Barteks2x 3 года назад

I did something like this a bit over a year ago... except that the routers are connected to each other over 5GHz wifi, and the network I actually use is 2.4GHz, so it doesn't actually slow down anything (both of them support 5GHz and 2.4GHz, but most of my devices don't support 5GHz). It obviously wasn't called WDS, I had to figure it out myself. And good to know that my "hack" with setting the same ssid, password and encryption to both of them wasn't just my dumb idea that was never supposed to work.

@Sir.Craze- 3 года назад

"don't throw away your old router" Shows a nicer router then I've yet to even see in person... XD 🎩👌

@henryford6804 3 года назад

best sponsor ever, been using the hs70 pro for a year now and its just so freaking amazing and versatile! would highly recommend it!!!

@pablomonsalve3911 3 года назад

Video suggestion: Comparing the latency of an 8000 Mhz Polling Rate Gaming Mouse with a PS2/ mouse

@raiyankhanmajlis6112 3 года назад

Yes, theres a lack of videos discussing this properly

@eniff2925 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mwf_F2VboFQ.html

@pablomonsalve3911 3 года назад

@@eniff2925 This video is great, but all the mice he tries are USB based. I want to see the results of PS/2 mouse

@eniff2925 3 года назад

@@pablomonsalve3911 It makes no percievable difference with modern USB mice. But I agree there are not many videos on this topic, I found one here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TAA1n_9cXrA.html

@fitandgaming4200 3 года назад

wtf. I literally googled ethernet cable to buy today to get wifi access to the other side of the house. This shit just saved me so much time and money

@dragonslayerbond 3 года назад

I am happy with my 100 metre ethernet cable running through my house.

@DevangJagad 2 года назад

There is an excellent video tutorial step by step for connecting this old router as repeater.

@mini-_ 3 года назад

but it makes for the perfect firsbee!

@timothyneiswander3151 3 года назад

so that would make it wi-fly?

@michaelreid274 3 года назад

Used an old ISP router as a switch in one of the kids rooms - I turned off wireless on it, but forgot to turn off DHCP and it was on a .0.1 range while main router was .1.1 - took me 2 years to realise why I had loads of annoying issues connecting to network, assumed it was issue with crappy configs on DD-WRT.

@Aeriant. 3 года назад

lol I'm listening to this on the HS70 pros that's having connection issues after only 2 years of owning them

@jessesmoot1285 3 года назад

"dystopian cyberpunk" as if cyberpunk isn't implicitly dystopian and needs that qualifier

@DenzCasuela 3 года назад

I'm remembering all those weird stuff that happened when I set up a wifi vendo machine.

@MISTERKIC 3 года назад

Sht. I really knew my tech in the late 90s and early 2Ks. I got old, but the reminders here are priceless. Thanks!

@Unknown-sz8kg 3 года назад

Or give the old router to your neighbour and as soon they have it plugged in so will you have the password to connect on their wifi and get free internet. 😏

@MohsinExperiments 3 года назад

They will reset it and change it's password 😂

@prawny12009 3 года назад

Just ask for their password then go home and set up a router or signal repeater with the same name and password. They will benefit from the increased range, you benefit from free internet. I've seen people do this with free wi-fi from stores they are in range of.

@shadab_ahmed 3 года назад

@@MohsinExperiments Note down their WPS pin. No one changes that shit ever.

@EZ-D-FIANT 3 года назад

I once organised 3 people who lived in a block to share there connection with extenders (made from routers) and as far as I know they still do it now 3 years later but its like 12 flats now and they run cables out of the windows to clear floors 🤣😂👍👌😉

@darwisyaiman1865 3 года назад

@@EZ-D-FIANT wow nice one

@TyBunker 3 года назад

2:36 You joke about the flashbacks. I'm a network admin for 10 locations. DHCP issues are the bane of my existence.

@jonstall1987 3 года назад

I see Riley, I click.

@Jon-Boy 3 года назад

I did this with a old cheap router. Ran Cat7 out to my garage since it is about 60 feet from the house. I get full use of my 400mb service in the garage with that old router.

@zaubermaus8190 3 года назад

"wow you watched the whole video" omg the *WHOLE* 4:40 minutes, yay me O_o

@priyabratasaha5385 3 года назад

It worked man....! I had an old router from cave mans that had an ADSL wan port. Got it buried under piles of junk in the store room. Got it and set it up. Got an wifi repeater for free. Thank you LTT. Loving it❤

@Rakusan2 3 года назад

Thanks for reminding me of my old Samsung Galaxy S3. That thing would hang on to WiFi signals even when it was only receiving a few bits per second from one AP and there was a 2nd AP right next to the phone. I was so happy when I got an OP3 and it was switching automatically just like I wanted it to.

@Paulkjoss 3 года назад

I did not know you could do this - this is jolly useful - thank you Riley 👍🏽

@akoszorin 3 года назад

I'm not an expert but doesn't it sound like a bad idea to set them both to the same channel? Can anyone who's rather knowledgeable give an opinion on this?

@DeetexSeraphine 3 года назад

Pretty much spot on, they'll alternate receiving/broadcasting so not not mess with each other's signal, effectively cutting up- and download speeds in half. Alternatively they might not pay the good neighbor policy and you'll get heavy interference, reducing bandwidth even more. All in all this video needs a bit more work, not the usual beacon of technical salvation we've come to expect from this channel.

@BrianG61UK 3 года назад

But the second router needs to receive the first one so it can re-transmit it onwards.

@leopold7562 3 года назад

They need to be on the same channel so they can talk to each other

@somederp8915 3 года назад

I recently did that at my parent's house, but thanks for educating more people on how to reuse old hardware! :D

@integer0verload948 3 года назад

Perfect! Riley's mom always complains about the bad wifi on here side of the truck stop.

@JasonChambersGISuck 3 года назад

At 1:58, you should actually say between numbers 2-254. 1 is typically the main router IP address, and 255 is the networks broadcast address.

@Nobody-px7tw 3 года назад

2:42 that's what she said

@joescalon541 3 года назад

Weird of all of the old routers I have come across, which is hundreds as I use to work in cable, I have never seen it referenced as “WDS”. Nearly all of the call it an “Access point”, wireless access point, or repeater. You can also disable WiFi broadcasting if you don’t want the old slow WiFi to by used but want the 2-4 LAN ports available for wired devices. I use this for a home lab as the router was free and don’t want to mess with Linux drivers for a usb wireless or a like. GL people, tips from a cable guy.

@Sammie1053 3 года назад

"you can think of it like running an ethernet cable, but wirelessly" Riley that's called regular wifi

@ksbav8r 3 года назад

This is how I keep an old apple TV alive! Stupid thing works better that way than it did as my primary router years ago.

@Frostspire 3 года назад

Pfft... 100 foot ethernet cable, more like wlan on a budget

@lawrencespicher1769 3 года назад

Wan*

@lawrencespicher1769 3 года назад

Wide area network*

@davet80000 3 года назад

why not both? :D ran a 50m ethernet line to shed, have an old router w/ dhcp disabled out there for the PCs setup in there.. and bridged wifi for extending that shite for the times when i have my phone or nintendo switch out here too. gigabit through to house for wired connections, full speed wifi for the wireless stuff. having strong wifi thats near 100% all throughout the household and still near 100% way out in the back yard is awesome too

@CezarLamann 3 года назад

I got a Pulseway add with Riley and this Tq is also hosted by Riley. The add started with the "now it's time for the quick bits". I thought for a moment I was in the middle of a TechLinked video. Bonkers.

@patrik5123 3 года назад

I recently wired up my entire condo with cat 6. The network has never been more stable.

@EpicBunty 3 года назад

from what I can tell from your profile picture, your cat 6 seems healthy and well configured.

@meibing4912 3 года назад

Thanks for the best network tip ever :-)

@ansonx10 3 года назад

I actually have run a 100ft ethernet cable all over my house. I get so much more consistent speeds than wifi. Luckily I haven't tripped over it yet.

@cpufreak101 3 года назад

I guess I did a good when I at least hid it away behind furniture, then pushed into a crevice along the stairs and then up and over a doorframe to keep it out of sight and off the floor, then the rest of it just coiled behind my pc lol

@slavko5666 3 года назад

I also recommend installing OpenWRT.

@Bob_Smith19 3 года назад

That’s over the head of most people watching this video.

@slavko5666 3 года назад

@@Bob_Smith19 Learning and bettering yourself to make your life easier is over most people's heads? Huh?!

@sw33tpwny 3 года назад

i love the FLASH BACKS in there because there is nothing worse than 2 devices on the same network giving each other new IP addresses

@paarshadtrivedi7569 3 года назад

0:40 It's an Ethernet cable just without cable..... Ummm wifi?

@rockytom5889 3 года назад

Nah, ethernet cables without cables are just an even number of rj45 connectors. Unless you got one of them weird split cables, then you have an odd number of connectors.

@Milosz_Ostrow 3 года назад

Don't throw away that old router ONLY if it still works reliably. I removed a Netgear WGR614 Wi-Fi router from service in my house within the last year because it would frequently hang, requiring a power-down reboot. I wouldn't use such equipment as a repeater, even if it is lying around and essentially "free".

@yearls 3 года назад

Last year, during a rather hot week here in England, I basically did this with my Raspberry Pi 4. We were all outside, social distancing of course, but music was needed, so I set up my Pi as a WiFi extender and connected good old Alexa to it. Power was the only problem, it was irritating getting power several meters away from the house, but I succeeded. It was quite a fun project, I just wish I backed up the SD card, I can't really remember how I did it. Remember to save your projects!

@mattyrjackson4261 3 года назад

So helpful and useful, not just for wifi in the home but for a networking module I’m doing at univer

@TheDV1Zone 3 года назад

I'm offended by the "snaking a 100 ft ethernet cable through your house" comment.

@kirbys2997 3 года назад

I did even worse. I used two 50 foot cables and patched them togethor.

@AkashYadavOriginal 3 года назад

I just use my old router to extend WiFi range but instead of WDS, I opted to use Powerline adapter. This ensure I get full WiFi speed on the secondary router as well.

@lustyworldlivenow3186 3 года назад

Don't throw them away just upgrade the software and you can use it as a graphic card.😂😂

@ClaudioBOsorio 3 года назад

with this video title nobody gonna find this video when they really need it

@RayMak 3 года назад

It's good if we don't wanna spend extra money but they can be slow if the router is too old

@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Mikel.Montalat 3 года назад

Damn you finally made an original comment

@zikzein 3 года назад

@@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Mikel.Montalat *serious comment Ftfy

@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Mikel.Montalat 3 года назад

@@zikzein What does "ftfy" mean?

@Arfadezz 3 года назад

Before he gets lots of likes JUST BECAUSE he's verifyed

@BJJSubArtist 3 года назад

@@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Mikel.Montalat Fixed that for you.

@heyheythecat 3 года назад

The is probably the clearest instruction on how to set up a bridge.

@robertrudik3022 3 года назад

This is as good as throughput between routers and every hop cut the already halved speed to half. You will get more pleasant experience through cable with different channels, optimized overlaping.

@BaghaShams 3 года назад

If you can run a cable to this extender router, you should absolutely do that instead of using it as a wireless repeater. The quality of the connection will be infinitely better and won't suffer from slowdowns caused by interference between the two routers, which are connected on the heavily congested 2.4Ghz band.

@jonc-1989 3 года назад

I much prefer connecting them via powerline and then turning the DHCP server, NAT, and Firewall off on the second router so it acts as an Access Point. Works a treat. Though you do have to buy powerline adapters so does cost more than this solution

@SRR4I 2 месяца назад

I used this technique to connect my security camera DVR to the internet using a second router, because the DVR in the room is too far away from the primary router in the middle of the house.

@austinholmes 3 года назад

2:02 when using a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask, it actually needs to be between 1-254. 255 is reserved (broadcast address).

@johnfritz1164 3 года назад

If your place is wired for cable, use MOCA 2.0 Bonded or 2.5 to connect the two routers at gigabit speed.

@obsoletepowercorrupts 3 года назад

The video could do with a heads-up about security issues like sticky devices (e.g. a tablet, laptop) you have trouble removing, and ROP-Attacks on older routers. Some of these things can be resolved, but do be aware of it firstly. If you're going to do this, sometimes it is better used where you've made a smoothwall or slackware server (from a PC) as the first "router".

@NamanSinha69 3 года назад

I am using this technique since 4 years for different pcs at my home, here in India you get free wifi router if you buy connection of an ISP and even if you cancel the connection you get to keep the router, so I have like 3-4 routers lying around which I used for the 2 pcs which my mom and dad use lol. I m happy with the current ISP giving 300mbps, other routers only get less than 50-70 but thats fine.

@kraazed 3 года назад

One thing you should also mention is to not assign the IP of the secondary access point to the same IP as a device already connected with a DHCP lease. What I prefer to do, is set the secondary access point to 192.168.1.254/255, and set a permanent reservation on DHCP to the MAC of the secondary router. If you don't reserve the address by the MAC, you run the risk at some point of the DHCP server assigning a random IP to your secondary router when the lease expires.