If you own devices with wired-only (Ethernet) connections and your router or modem is too far away or your wireless network doesn't cover enough area in your home, an old router can solve your
Use old/other router as Wireless repeater to extend WiFi Dec 20, 2017 How to Extend WiFi Range (*Use Old Router as Repeater*) A wireless repeater receives existing wireless signals and re-broadcasts them, increasing the range of your wireless network. This doesn’t require a wired connection to the router, but offers worse performance. An access point is simply a second router offering wireless access to the network. This requires a wired connection to the primary router but offers better performance.
WAP4410n as a repeater to old 3com router Hello. I just bought WAP4410N from about 3 days ago, I would like it to work as a wireless repeater to my 3com router model 3CRWDR100A-72. In the router setup page I enabled WDS, made a search for the wireless networks and I found the WAP signal and the router already got its MAC address.
Configuring a router (WNDR3800) as a wireless repeater
Mar 24, 2019
How to Extend Your Wifi Network With an Old Router