Surely, at some point, among so many technological advances, you have acquired internet routers that you have been saving. Don’t throw them away, with a few configurations you can turn those old routers into signal repeaters for your current internet.
Technology is constantly updated over time, these updates have brought improvements in many features, designs, speed, accessibility, among others.
This entire technological race has brought with it the massive consumption of technological devices that have become obsolete as their newer versions arrived. Thus creating a massive waste of old devices.
Most likely, one of those devices that we mentioned that you may have accumulated are routers, these well-known devices, used to provide internet to a home, office, building and any area.
Whether your internet company changed your routers over time or you simply bought them to enjoy a private connection, the reason doesn’t matter, but if you have an old router, don’t throw it away! This can be incredibly useful to you.
If you want to get the most out of those old routers you have at home, we will teach you how to convert them into a signal duplicator for your current internet connection, so you can expand the home signal by making it stronger in certain areas without spending a cent. .
To make your old router a signal repeater you will only have to have on hand:
1. An RJ-45 or Ethernet cable
2. Old router
3. Computer/Laptop
Only with these elements and a little knowledge on the subject can we make our router become a signal repeater for our current internet. Just follow the following steps:
1. The first thing to take into account is to have both routers disconnected. We will connect them as we need them.
2. The first to deal with will be the old router, which we must connect to the computer using the Ethernet cable and turn it on.
3. Subsequently, we must verify on the back of the router the information necessary to access its settings, the account, password and IP address of the router in question.
4. Once the router is turned on and connected, we will enter our computer or laptop in any internet browser and write the IP address of the router in the search engine and press enter.
5. Once inside the router settings, we will look for the “signal repeater” option that some devices have by default and activate it.
6. Otherwise, we will have to configure it manually by entering the ‹‹LAN›› option and replacing the IP of the old router with that of the current router.
7. Once either of the two options is completed, we will proceed to turn it off and disconnect it.
8. With the same Ethernet cable, we will connect both routers, the current one with the old one, to create a bridge between both devices.
9. We will turn on the current router as we normally would, and then turn on the old one.
Ready, we will see how the old router has been configured as a signal repeater for the current internet service. You can move this to any part of your home, also depending on the length of your Ethernet cable, which you can buy at any technology store.
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