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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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    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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    MikroTik EoIP Tunnel for Bridging LANs over the Internet |   April 22, 2018

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    MikroTik UserMan RADIUS Server Customers, Users and Routers |   November 13, 2017

    MikroTik User Manager RADIUS Server is a centralized user authentication and accounting application that gives the ISP Company or network administrator ability to manage MikroTik RouterOS user, PPP user and Hotspot user so smoothly. There are two methods to install MikroTik User Manager RADIUS Server in your network. You can install User Manager Package either on a physical RouterOS or on a dedicated Server Machine or on a Personal Computer where RouterOS is running. How to install and configure User [...]

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    User Management in Linux (Red Hat/CentOS) |   September 28, 2017

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    WireGuard Site to Site VPN Between MikroTik RouterOS 7 |   September 29, 2022

    WireGuard is a free, open source, secure and high-speed modern VPN solution. WireGuard is extremely easy to implement but utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. WireGuard can be used as either Client-Server VPN technology or Site to Site VPN technology. From the RouterOS 7, MikroTik introduces WireGuard VPN as their native package. So, who are using RouterOS 7 can use WireGuard VPN and can implement both client-server and site to site VPN with WireGuard free VPN server. In my previous article, I discussed [...]

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    Upgrading MikroTik RouterOS and Firmware using Winbox |   September 9, 2018

    MikroTik RouterOS is in constant development and new features or bug fixes are frequently available, sometimes even monthly. So, it is always recommend upgrading your MikroTik RouterOS to a latest and stable version before beginning any configuration. Sometimes you may find that your production router is required to be upgraded to a new version based on some logical reasons such as: A new feature is available to a new update and you need to implement that new feature. New version [...]

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