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Need a wireless repeater to extend wifi signal

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/need-a-wireless-repeater-to-extend-wifi-signal.169056/

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Tarun Agrawal Original post #1
Jan 18, 2013 at 12:13 AM
Dear friends

I have my office at ground floor , having wifi router cum modem D-link 2750u ...now i have my room at 2nd floor where i dont get any wifi signal ... ...so please suggest the device which i should buy to extend the signal of my wifi modem ...also i can't do any wiring at home ...so please suggest.
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techdabangg #2
Jan 18, 2013 at 1:01 AM
Whats your budget? Wifi extender can cost a bit more than routers.
I would suggest to run an Ethernet wire from your office to somewhere in upper floor and connect it to a normal wifi dual antenna router.

TP-LINK TL-WR841N 300Mbps Wireless N Router - TP-LINK: Flipkart.com
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Tarun Agrawal #3
Jan 18, 2013 at 7:06 PM
techdabangg said:
Whats your budget? Wifi extender can cost a bit more than routers.
I would suggest to run an Ethernet wire from your office to somewhere in upper floor and connect it to a normal wifi dual antenna router.

TP-LINK TL-WR841N 300Mbps Wireless N Router - TP-LINK: Flipkart.com
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hey thnks for the reply ...
my budget is arnd 2k .....also i have this device u mentioned
TP-LINK TL-WR841N 300Mbps Wireless N Router

but the problem is i can't run wire between the 2 routers due to some problems ....
can
TP-LINK TL-WR841N 300Mbps Wireless N Router v8.2 ... this can be used as wireless repeater ????
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techdabangg #4
Jan 19, 2013 at 12:46 AM
Absolutely yes... Mod it with DD-WRT and you are good to go. Here is a link which you can follow to set it as repeater.
DD-WRT Forum :: View topic - HOWTO: Set TP-Link TL-WR841N V7 as Wireless Repeater Bridge
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whitestar_999 #5
Jan 20, 2013 at 3:05 PM
keep in mind that above instructions are for V7/version 7 of WR841N model & flipkart is now selling V8 of this model which has no dd-wrt support yet.
d6bmg
d6bmg #6
Jan 20, 2013 at 3:22 PM
Best option is to buy a cheap router ans use in repeater mode.
dan4u
dan4u #7
Jan 20, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Get the TPLINK TL-WA701ND, it fits your need. also if the range is not enough get a TP-Link 8 dBi antenna to extend the range of the TP-Link WA701ND.
I had the Dlink 2750u, and I have to say its a pathetic router, always dropped the connection and needed a reboot every few days.

also watch this video it'll help you understand how to configure the WA701ND