Old phobes do do that and tether to the -79 80 db but actually newer devices auto switch to the highest in range ap as long as all in unidon and allnhave differ channels rather than the same channel, checkmiut ddwrt's mesh wifi or tomato akternative firmare, i tested this after that post on ltt episode on hidethecorn

That 54g lol

Keep all wifi aps on the same subnet and change the last octect, and then subnetmask to the /24

I thin asus also might do it

DD-WRT, = LINKSYS 1900AC 4X THE SPECULAR

u sound a bit like linus tech tips LOLLLLL

i have a thousan routers lying around my house

The video just made me decide not even to try that lol

this is just one of the reasons why mesh-products is a scam. aside from WDS, most recent routers have Repeater mode.

I'm making a NAS from an old computer, and I didnt want to run a looooong ethernet cable. I'll give this a try

Whats a mac address?

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".

Great I wish I saw this a couple years ago 🙄

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!

Does this work with a gateway?

Wow. So what about security? Oh that's always a secondary thought. So I guess WPA is good enough?

Followed the same steps, saw the video probably 10 times. Connected the second router to my pc, doesn't work. Says no internet even though my first(primary) router is working fine.

This sounds like a manually configured bridge? Orrrrr, is a bridge an automatically configured WDS?!?!? In any case, Bravo! Don't waste that router!

" flash backs " ... don't even took about it 😭😀

I don't know what you're saying, I'm going to have to go over this video a few more times

For the love of all tech please research....1) Wds should never be used. 2) multiple dhcp servers can exist fine on 1 network, as long as the scope is different. Ie router 1 = 192.168.1.0/24 and 10.0.0.0/24.

3:54 my sons ethertnet cable is like this. but its not as bright red as it once was after a couple years of sunlight.

I don't throw mine out either. They usually go bad. I thought you were going to tell me something good to do with one that doesn't work any more. For instance. My last router started losing connection once it got too warm.

I used my tp link router as a repeater way back in 2018

Sound good but to techy to understand for a simple soul like me

what a right time you uploaded the video I'm trying to use my secondary as a repeater and screwed everytime 😂

The bigger problem with old routers is that they are typically EoL and generally riddled with security vulnerabilities. So, unless a user is willing to manually build a minimal WDS distro of OpenWrt (or something) that will still fit/run on their router, you're using it at risk.

I've never known about that: it can be useful for connecting devices with no wifi functionalities to a smartphone using it as a router (tethering)

MAC users and DHCP... Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

thank you very much, was looking for some advice since i recetlly bought a new repeater these days

How about having a cheap wire only router and connect 2 or more wireless routers to it ( by cable and set them as ap)? I think Linus did something like that at home ( but with professional parts)...

please do more of these tutorials. Most of these on youtube are some 12-year-old kid with a shitty mic and we could all use the LMG pollish.

US: old router? Throw it out! Philippines: old router? Sell it!

keep more such videos coming. i mean repurposing old devices

Hey nice video, when are you guys doing something with OpenWRT ? it is a great way to give new life to an old router, or new ones for that matter. Linux on your toaster next!

O.K... Back in the 2000, maybe a good nice trick to extend your network. But today, with MESH tecnology, WDS is do overcooked... Sorry, my opinion, but beeing in Germany, with most ISP routers from the company AVM, you could setup a MESH enviroment (with mesh steering, becoming better with every release). But the main message stays the same: Don't throw away your old router, unless it does not even support decent WLAN (it should be at least WiFi4, my opinion)

But how do you share folders or RDP between routers?

That Yakuza: Like a Dragon cable insert though...

Thought this was about OpenWRT

thanks

I did this 2 years ago 🙄

2:12 Pakistan...?

I use an old router as a second Wifi hotspot with the same SSID as the main to extend the Wifi reach. I've never heard of WDS though, I didnt enable it. So when I saw this I thought it might get rid of the fact that (see video @ 3:33) devices hang onto a signal as it gets weaker rather than swapping to the (now stronger one) as I walk round the house. I though I could save the price of a Mesh but I think not :( Or does anyone know a "mesh-free" way?

Rachel Maddow with a mustache !

I went from 100% to 0% real quick

I've tried this before, seemed Comcast didn't like it (got a "This device is paused" message in place of any web pages and had to call Comcast to get them to 'unpause' it.) So you know, be sure that whatever your primary router being used is actually fully controlled by you and not your ISP and that your ISP won't object to it. If you do run into an ISP-provided modem/router that won't let you do bridging without freaking out, you can just nab a Raspberry Pi (any will do as long as they have wifi capability and an ethernet port) and do a bit of configuration with iptables and enabling some forwarding rules/setting wifi as the default way to get an internet connection (otherwise the Pi will always try to get internet via ethernet even if there's no route to the internet via ethernet) and with about 15 minutes of work you can get it to forward your wifi connection over the ethernet port. At that point you can just set it up as a gateway device for another router or whatever and stuff will be able to use it to get an internet connection. Bonus is that this segments the network so anything on the ethernet side of the pi isn't forwarded to the wifi side of the Pi, so you can roll your own DHCP server (and other potentially conflicting services), so in the end it worked better in my situation (where I have roommates who wouldn't have appreciated me doing that), and I'm able to use my old WiFi router as just a thing for my own devices and still have internet for them. This comes with another benefit since, as Riley says, WiFi can't really transmit and receive at the same time, I can sit there and do large file transfers between my servers/computers while my roommates are streaming videos and I don't get a performance hit, they don't get a performance hit, and it just saves a lot of grief.

Check the DHCP Range then assign an IP outside that range, if you have a 24/ Network or the subnetmask is 255.255.255.0 then the whole IP range that is available for Clienst is from .1 to .254 NOT 255 So check which IP your primary router has, check the DHCP Range and assgin the next free ip 255 is the broadcast IP and can't be assigned

"Wrong port"

This video auto-played and it scared me

I did this once a long time ago, now I tried many times...it didn't work.

Just seen another video where the guy took 25 minutes to explain the same thing.

I suspect that WDS between different makes wont work very well its better to use powerline and use a physical DS - just set the second router to have a static IP and work in AP mode. (oh and avoid tplink like the plague) of and set the same ssid/password but set the second AP to a non overlapping channel

I wish that was my old router

Region: Pakistan Never felt such proud😤

old old news zzzzz

And then there is FritzBox which supports it without tedious configurations. Noice

10.0.0.0/8 master race

I've tried this in the past but was told that it basically splits the bandwidth of your Main router in half. Not sure how or why or even if it's true.

But I'll have to buy a new faraday cage though... no wait I'll just put them in there together

This probably has been said but please no not in the dhcp range it will cause headaches when you get IP conflics

my router uses 192.168.254.x get yo info right, or qualify the statement to include other possibilities

That "cables everywhere" bit made me feel personally attacked.

I did the same thing 1 month back, life saver

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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".

I had to throw away my old router. It would only work with Verizon FiOS and is slower than the one they rent now.

haha, imagine living in a place where your wlan doesn't cover you whole living space.

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.

as a developer i prefer the 172.16.x.x internal ip address space as it's less used

I have several old routers around with WDS and this has never worked for me. I know I do it right (or maybe not) because I understand the logic behind and my devices connected to the "repeater" say that they're connected to internet, but don't do anything. So I gave up.

I liked the video.

Caution! On some recent (Asus RT-AC57U V2) as well as not so recent (Netgear R7000), WPS supports WEP/Open only!

3:17 "your speed will be roughly cut in half" !! Like if my internet speed is just 8mbps will my 5Ghz WDS second router will get to me 4mbps only! No way; the correct thing to say is, it will reach half the maximum capable wifi speed, like my 5Ghz router reaches 300mbps normally now on WDS it can reachs up to 150mbps if my internet connection allow for it of course. Right guys?

My extender (and old router) have WPS connection functions.

I had this setup at home its the worst! Your phone will hold onto the last bar of signal even though there is stronger signal closer by. You can buy a TP link 3 pack mesh wifi kit for 200 aud in usd thats probably a big Mac. Well worth the investment

uhhh...this news in 2021 ? wtf ! I have this setup for years in my house.

If use that ip big trouble that my ip

Get a powerline adaptor with Ethernet ports and Wi-Fi. Recommend a TP Link AV600 Kit or similar item.

> DON'T Throw Away Your Old Router > Many modern wireless router... pick one. It's also an extremely rarely supported feature

Use a CABLE not a REPEATER

What is the difference with wireless bridge mode?

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.

Can someone suggest a wireless headsets that charges over usb C I'm looking for one, but I cannot find any :O

Sounds good in theory, but pretty unreliable in practice.

I wonder, how many people actually have a non-ISP router(-modem combo)? I know almost no-one who has one, only some tech-enthusiasts like myself

Okay but like what if you want to set up WiFi networking to the other side of the yard Wirelessly (Mainly for Online Gaming)

Why did I watch this? I've been used this technique to get coverage in my garage for years now.

WDS is crap for many reasons. Connecting multiple APs with Ethernet cable works like a charm!

very useful

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A few correction about the 192.168 private IP range. 3rd octet can be in the range of 0 to 255. While the 4th can be in the range of 1 to 254. As 0 and 255 are reserved for the network address and broadcast address respectively. So you cannot use those 2.

i have a question. If the main first router is off, will your second wifi repeater still be on and still be able to connect to the wifi?

Did this with my routers, and the wifi slowed to a crawl, way under 1/2. They didn't like each other. Separate networks made it so much quicker.

Running a cable is a lot easier.

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

I use my old Asus router as an access point connected to my new router by ethernet. The speeds are much better this way.

to bad the title of this video means I will never remember or find it when I decide to do this

why is this guy so fake?

For anyone who tries this and can't get it to work -- give up and move onto another solution. WDS isn't standardized and there are often compatibility issues between different products. Hell, there can be compatibility issues between the same products (with different internal revisions).

I've been using open source Linux based firmware to allow me to use old routers as wireless bridges for years. Often there will be a setting in this firmware to switch the WAN port to a LAN port and allow you to use it as well, but you do have to check that box if you want to take advantage of that feature. I currently favor openwrt if available for the hardware, though I have one wireless bridge running dd-wrt. I actually run openwrt on my main router as well.