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Here's How to Turn Your Old Wi-Fi Router Into an Access Point

Even if it works well, most experts recommend replacing your Wi-Fi router every five years. Instead of trying to convince someone to take a five-year-old router off your hands, you can turn it into an ...
CNET

Want To Improve Your Wi-Fi Connection? Try Transforming Your Old Router Into a Wi-Fi Boosting Access Point

Don’t toss your router just yet. Here are simple steps for using it to improve the Wi-Fi signal of your new equipment. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and ...
Ars Technica

Evaluate this plan: change from Deco X60 AP mode to router mode

Alright, so my ISP noted in my router that I had "30+" items connected which is why my internet broke. I would prefer for them to not see my list of devices. 2. Deco X60: AP mode, no backhaul, 12 ...
Ars Technica

OpenWRT still king? Suggestions for wireless AP + router, to manage with infra-as-code

So in this flat I have a fiber connection, with a PON. I plugged in my own Archer C6, flashed OpenWRT on it, and flubbed with configuration until I got it to work (I wasn't very familiar with OpenWRT, ...
SlashGear

Router Vs. Access Point: How Are They Different?

When researching how to set up a Wi-Fi network, you're going to hear a lot of talk about routers and access points. While both help you connect to the internet, their roles in a network are ...
MacStories

Managing the Internet Access of HomeKit Devices with the Linksys Velop Mesh WiFi Router System

At WWDC 2019, Apple announced that HomeKit support would be coming to WiFi routers. Not a lot was known about what that would entail, until recently, when new and updated routers with HomeKit ...