Solution for weak wifi strength

[Kumar442244]

Steps:-

1. Connect your laptop (wireless/wired) to the primary router and log in to the admin page (typically http://192.168.0.1). Go to LAN setting page and select the IP Address pool setting for DHCP server. Limit the "IP Pool Ending Address" (or "IP Ending Address" in Netgear/D-Link/TP-Link) to 192.168.0.250 or lesser. Apply/Save and the router might restart.
2. Similarly go to Wireless Setting page of the primary router and select the channel for 2.4GHz band to "1" from the default value of "Auto". (Instead of "1" it can be "5" or "11" also if you see some network through-put issues to devices close to this router later due to some interfering devices in channel 1 close-by). Also note down the 2.4GHz Wifi SSID configured and the WiFi security option (WPA-TKIP, WPA-AES etc) selected in this router. Appy/Save the Wireless setting and the router may restart.
3. Disable WiFi on your laptop now and connect laptop directly to the spare Belkin router over ethernet using one of the LAN ports (same color ports and not the single different color WAN port). Go to Wireless Settings page and configure the same 2.4GHz WiFi SSID and Security option to this router. Change the Channel from "Auto" to "11" (Assuming "1" or "5" was selected on primary router). Apply/Save the setting on the router and it may restart.
4. Again on the spare router admin page go to "Local Area Network Settings" under "Advanced Settings" of admin page (typically http://192.168.0.1). The primary WiFi Router also will most likely be on this IP segment, so we need to give a dedicated IP on this device, so select something like 192.168.0.251 (outside the range selected in above step 1 on primary router). Also select "Off" for DHCP server in the same page below. (See image)Apply and save. Now the WiFi Router may reboot and you may not be able to access the admin page any more! View attachment 27041
5. Now remove the ethernet cable from the router and attach it to one of the LAN ports of the primary router.
6. Now enable WiFi on the laptop and connect to the 2.4GHz WiFi SSID (selected on both routers). If you type http://192.168.0.1 on browser you should be able to connect to primary router and http://192.168.0.251 should take you to secondary spare Belkin router. Now if you move closer to one of the routers the laptop should automatically and seamlessly switch to that router

Thanks so much for the details. Much appreciate.

Will try this by EOD and let u know how it went.

 

[LobsterB]

Thanks so much for the details. Much appreciate.

Will try this by EOD and let u know how it went.

In step 5 there was a mistake. I have edited the original post and changed "router" to "laptop". This is not reflected in the quoted version above

 

[rainbowsong2000]

Hi ,
I am using Devolo repeaters its pretty good. But not sure about the availability in India.

https://www.devolo.com/en/

Thanks