Use 7800 N As Extender
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 10:49 pm
hi
I haven't used my old Billion 7800N for a while, but am wondering about using it to extend the wifi network of our new house, as some areas do not get very good signal. I will not be able to use an ethernet cable for the connection between Billion and existing router, so have been struggling a bit.
Many videos I have watched show the second router running a scan to find the original network, but cannot see the 7800 N has that capability.
Can someone please correct me if I miss anything, but I assume I need to turn DHCP off for the Billion and make sure that both the Billion and existing router use the same wifi channel. Channel 11 was analysed as the best for my area, so will set the two to that. I guess I will need to put the SSID of the existing router in as well as the password and will I need to match the security type for both, though will have to find where this is input.
Oh by the way, the new router is a Huawei Echo Life HG8245H GPON terminal.
Any help you can give me so I can get these two to connect would be great
cheers
I haven't used my old Billion 7800N for a while, but am wondering about using it to extend the wifi network of our new house, as some areas do not get very good signal. I will not be able to use an ethernet cable for the connection between Billion and existing router, so have been struggling a bit.
Many videos I have watched show the second router running a scan to find the original network, but cannot see the 7800 N has that capability.
Can someone please correct me if I miss anything, but I assume I need to turn DHCP off for the Billion and make sure that both the Billion and existing router use the same wifi channel. Channel 11 was analysed as the best for my area, so will set the two to that. I guess I will need to put the SSID of the existing router in as well as the password and will I need to match the security type for both, though will have to find where this is input.
Oh by the way, the new router is a Huawei Echo Life HG8245H GPON terminal.
Any help you can give me so I can get these two to connect would be great
cheers