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How to Use Old Router as Range Extender to Boost WiFi Signal
WiFi is a technology to turn wired internet into WiFi internet and used in every home and office. Wireless internet gives you the freedom to use the internet without sitting in a single place. It is also true that speed performance drop in Wi-fi due to weak signal or interference. Sometimes laying a physical wired connection in every room is not possible. So Wi-Fi range extender setup helps you to boost signal strength. Instead of buying a new range extender device use old wifi router as range extender mode to boost Wifi signal. The easy method to boost Wi-fi signal coverage without using a range extender device is make wifi router as repeater mode which will extend signal. This post will help you turn old router as a range extender mode to improve wireless signals in the low signal areas. Setup WiFi Router as Range extender Mode To use the router as repeater mode need to access the settings page. To access the router login page use default IP Address router or Make factory reset if forget IP address. Connect Router LAN port to Desktop or Laptop LAN port. Use Static IP Address of the same series in LAN settings [...]
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How to Buy a Good WiFi Router for Home or Office | October 12, 2021
You are here because you want to buy a WiFi Router and want to know how to buy a good WiFi Router for your home or office or business. A lot of wireless routers are nowadays available in the market. But before buying a WiFi Router, you should know which one is a good WiFi Router for your need based on some features and specifications of the router. We will now see some key points those should have well understand [...]
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Unlocking Digital Opportunities: A Beginner’s Guide to Computer Networking | October 14, 2025
Summary Computer networking has created the digital world, enabling communication networks that unite various regions of the world and connect any device in some way or another. Networking provides new opportunities to secure employment, act as freelance workers, or even pursue volunteer work, which is why it is worth investing in for career development. Being practical should be valued even more than theory. Even after setting up a home lab, reviewing real projects, and consulting trusted sources, you will learn [...]
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Troubleshooting Common Issues with Security Cameras in MikroTik Networks | February 7, 2025
30 Seconds Summary When fixing security cameras on MikroTik networks, you might see issues like bad video quality, connections dropping, motion detection not working, and security weaknesses. These problems can happen because of not enough internet speed, network congestion, IP conflicts, old software, or weak security. To fix these, make sure you have enough internet speed, set up the IP settings correctly, give camera traffic priority, and update the software regularly. Also, protect the cameras with strong passwords and encryption. [...]
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MikroTik WiFi Frequency Band and Channel Width Explanation | January 10, 2020
MikroTik WiFi frequency, band and channel width tuning is an important task in any wireless network. If we fail to setup WiFi frequency and channel width parameter properly, we will notice a poor performance of wireless network. WiFi is aimed at use within unlicensed spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum that is usually used for WiFi is 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band. 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands have multiple channels and these channels must be setup properly to get [...]
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MikroTik OpenVPN Setup with Windows Client | April 2, 2018
VPN (Virtual Private Network) technology provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across a public network. So, a private network user can send and receive data to any remote private network through VPN tunnel as if his/her network device was directly connected to that private network. MikroTik OpenVPN Server provides a secure and encrypted tunnel across public network for transporting IP traffic using PPP. OpenVPN uses SSL Certificates. So, OpenVPN Tunnel is a trusted tunnel to send and receive data across [...]
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How to Block VPN Access with MikroTik Router | May 14, 2019
Sometimes system administrators create firewall rule to block unwanted websites. But VPN apps break these firewall rules and allow access to unwanted websites. For example, if Facebook is blocked with MikroTik Firewall and any expert user installs and enables VPN apps (such as OpenVPN, Hotspot Shield, ProtonVPN, NordVPN, PureVPN etc.), he can easily get access to Facebook. So, system administrators should also block popular VPN apps so that user cannot use those VPN servers. Blocking VPN apps is not so [...]
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MikroTik Dual WAN Load Balancing with Failover using PCC | May 27, 2018
Hi geek, going through this article means you are finding Load Balancing as well as Link Redundancy solution for your MikroTik network because you already have multiple WAN connections or you are planning to lease multiple WAN connections. MikroTik has various Load Balancing and Link Redundancy methods such as ECMP, PCC and so on. ECMP method provides an easy configurable load balancing with failover solution but it has some known issues too in a large network. On the hand, PCC [...]
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MikroTik VRRP Configuration with Load Sharing | November 19, 2018
MikroTik VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) ensures high availability internet network. If any organization requires uninterrupted internet connection, MikroTik VRRP implementation will be a vital solution for them. MikroTik VRRP creates a virtual router accumulating two or more physical routers and ensures uninterrupted internet connection keeping activate one physical router always. That means, if any physical router fails to operate due to any hardware failure, MikroTik VRRP uses another backup router for internet gateway until the running router comes back [...]
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WiFi Station Setup in MikroTik Wireless Router | November 27, 2019
MikroTik Wireless Router is capable of working as a WiFi Client. So, if any ISP provides WiFi connection for their clients, MikroTik Wireless Router can be used to connect to that ISP SSID by configuring wireless station mode. MikroTik WiFi station mode finds available SSID and connects with permitted SSID. This wireless connection can be used as wireless WAN connection and configuring LAN, multiple devices can get internet over this wireless WAN connection. In my previous article, I discussed how [...]
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