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Connecting a second router
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:09 pm
by Mad Mart
I have an EE hub that replaced my old EE Technicolor TG589 router. Since moving house my hub is in a different room than my printer (which is non-wifi). Is there a way to use my TG589 as a repeater so I can plug a network cable into it and the printer to share it?
Re: Connecting a second router
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:18 pm
by RichardHyde
Yes you can do it I think.
I’ve got 2 EE Brightbox 2 routers which I’ve hardwired together.
Do a search for bridging routers. I’ll have a look too.
Re: Connecting a second router
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:53 pm
by Mad Mart
The routers won't be hard wired as they are in different rooms.
Re: Connecting a second router
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:35 pm
by Galileo
IIRC they were the old Thomson routers in which case they don't have a WDS mode, which is what you need if you were hoping to make it a wireless bridge to use your printers ethernet. If I'm wrong and you find a WDS option in the web gui, that's what you're looking for.
Re: Connecting a second router
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:39 am
by Mad Mart
Galileo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:35 pm
IIRC they were the old Thomson routers in which case they don't have a WDS mode, which is what you need if you were hoping to make it a wireless bridge to use your printers ethernet. If I'm wrong and you find a WDS option in the web gui, that's what you're looking for.
Thanks Galileo. After hours of looking and messing about I came to the conclusion that it doesn't support WDS. I'm assuming I can hard wire it?
Re: Connecting a second router
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 1:50 pm
by Galileo
You could hard wire both routers and have one just acting as a WiFi AP.
I have some old Draytek Vigor 28xx routers lying around doing nothing but gathering dust, they do WDS and I'm happy to post one. Edit: FoC if that wasn't clear!