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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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    Unlocking Digital Opportunities: A Beginner’s Guide to Computer Networking |   October 14, 2025

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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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