hard wired wifi range extender/booster/repeater?

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FFHillbilly said:

I've managed to dig out a Netgear WGR614 v7 which I remember using around 2007, I'm going to give it a go anyway but is this likely to be slow or a security risk?

Yes, and yes.

A quick google reveals it is only

802.11g wireless networking at up to 54 Mbps (you can pretty much write faster )

WEP only (about as secure as giving the writing on paper to a neighbour to deliver just folded in half)

FFHillbilly

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FFHillbilly said:

I've managed to dig out a Netgear WGR614 v7 which I remember using around 2007, I'm going to give it a go anyway but is this likely to be slow or a security risk?

Yes, and yes.

A quick google reveals it is only

802.11g wireless networking at up to 54 Mbps (you can pretty much write faster )

WEP only (about as secure as giving the writing on paper to a neighbour to deliver just folded in half)

ok thanks I'll list it on eBay and buy the proper access point, I put the cable ends on and tried to get it working today but was thwarted by a password which I don't remember, the process to recover seems so difficult it's probably easier me selling this old thing and buying a new one

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FFHillbilly said:

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FFHillbilly said:

I've managed to dig out a Netgear WGR614 v7 which I remember using around 2007, I'm going to give it a go anyway but is this likely to be slow or a security risk?

Yes, and yes.

A quick google reveals it is only

802.11g wireless networking at up to 54 Mbps (you can pretty much write faster )

WEP only (about as secure as giving the writing on paper to a neighbour to deliver just folded in half)

ok thanks I'll list it on eBay and buy the proper access point, I put the cable ends on and tried to get it working today but was thwarted by a password which I don't remember, the process to recover seems so difficult it's probably easier me selling this old thing and buying a new one

Usually a "pin in the hole" resets it and the password on the sticker can be used, usually best to do that anyway if you are getting rid of it.

FFHillbilly

I got hold of an old router, it's a BT hub 4. 5Ghz so it's got to be fairly recent.
tried to connect it but can't get it to work, the orange light is on and it says can't connect to broadband?
I've plugged in a laptop directly to the CAT5 cable in may garage and can confirm it's connected to my house network properly
I've plugged the cable into the red port marled WAN, I think thats the right one?

flaneurs_lobster

There's a step-by-step guide here http://unixetc.co.uk/2014/03/04/reuse-a-spare-bt-home-hub-as-a-wireless-access-point/

Basically you need to reset the Hub 4, change it's default IP address etc 

The orange flashy light can't be got rid of it seems, stick a bit of tape over it.

FFHillbilly

got there in the end, Thanks for the guide but I couldn't get it to work using that,  every time I changed the IP address I couldn't go any further, I  tried several different addresses. I watched a few other videos on the same thing an tried their methods but same problem after changing the IP address, and then I found one where they didn't change the IP address and got it working, so it seems that an un necessary step only required if you are using  newer BT hub as your main router.

FFHillbilly

I seem to have sorted one problem but created another:
When I come home I park near the garage and walk past it, my phone picks up the new garage Wi-Fi, but then I go into the house and in the middle of it I still get 1 bar from the garage but it is incredibly slow. if I go to the other side of the house (only another 3m) the garage Wi-Fi drops off and I connect to the house Wi-Fi but I rarely do that.
I'm thinking about getting an ethernet extension lead and putting the garage router 3m further away from the house, that would probably work...?
is there a way to solve the problem without doing that, i.e changing settings on either my phone or either of the routers?

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If it is an android 'phone, you have to use a third party app (of course....... WiFi switcher is one that is suggested).

Android won't switch wifi networks until the signal is completely lost, and only then it latches onto the strongest.

You can tediously manually switch from settings every time by selecting the house, or activate aeroplane mode and deactivate it from the pull-down when the house would be the winner.

Also I think popping the phone in a biscuit tin for a few seconds (or the microwave with the door shut) should cause it to loose the garage wifi and then pick up the house when you take it out.

Moving the garage wifi to cause the signal to drop out is likely going to restore the dead spot that you are trying to cure.

The easiest is going to be flick the screen down and tap the aeroplane (or the pie slice) twice.