[TriLUG] Using my second router as repeater

Shrenik Shah ssshah5 at ncsu.edu
Wed Jul 17 02:31:25 EDT 2013


Hello Dave,

Thanks for your input and good suggestions. Actually, I am travelling
currently and I am in India right now. iBall might be limited to India
only. I will have to check on the DD-WRT support as indicated by you. I
just wanted to do some fun experiment stuff with the extra router. If it
doesn't work, I will end up buying a repeater or something.

Thank you,
Sincerely,
Shrenik Shah


On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:48 AM, David Burton <ncdave4life at gmail.com> wrote:

> It'd be a lot easier to just buy a repeater. Intrex has the "Winstars
> WS-WN518N2 300Mbps Wireless Repeater/Access Point, 802.11
> b/g/n<http://www.win-star.com/eshop/goods.php?id=133>"
> for $29.99. I've used it, and it was straightforward to set up, and seems
> to work okay. The only annoying thing is the strange form factor, which
> covers up an entire power outlet.
>
> Note that it "repeats" onto a different (configurable) SSID than your
> primary network, unlike some other repeaters that I've seen. I think I
> prefer this way. Repeaters that duplicate the main SSID result in a more
> "seamless-looking" network, but they confuse me, and you're never really
> sure what you're connecting to.
>
> I'd never heard of iBall or your iBall router before, but here's there
> manual for it:
> http://www.iballbaton.com/Download/84/iB-WRX150N%20-%20QIG.pdf
> I don't see it in the DD-WRT supported device
> list<http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices>,
> though it might work if it's a clone of something else.
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Shrenik Shah <ssshah5 at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I have 2 routers and I am in need of extending/boosting the range of my
> > WiFi. I am thinking to use my second router as a repeater. I haven't done
> > this before. Upon reading some online suggestions, it seems that
> installing
> > DD-WRT on the router can help me treating it as a repeater. I will be
> using
> > the iBall (iB-WRX150N) router as the repeater and my Belkin router will
> > work as normal router.
> >
> > I would greatly appreciate any suggestions/pointers for this.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Sincerely,
> > Shrenik Shah
> >
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