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To: rapture-me

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/configuring-two-wireless-routers-with-one-ssid-network-name-at-home-for-free-roaming


5 posted on 01/20/2021 2:21:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
E. Pluribus Unum's link about setting up a network ten years ago...
A little late to the party, I just want to reinforce that this ten year old link is 100% relevant and correct a decade later! You do not need to spend a lot of money or install software to solve this problem. It's actually defined as part of the wifi standard: you can have the same network name and password set up on multiple routers around your house.

If you have old routers lying around, this is a great way to utilize them. Make sure you understand what you are doing, though! Turning on a bunch of new wireless stuff might blow up the carefully set up wireless environment installed by your kids, etc. 😅

Old hardware can sometimes find new life with open source software. The dd-wrt project has been writing a router operating system for almost twenty years, that can be used to turn your old routers into repeaters with ease.

I have been doing this kind of stuff for a long time, happy to answer questions.

22 posted on 01/20/2021 4:27:58 PM PST by A Conservative Future
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