Mustank Hypersonic August 30, 2017 Share August 30, 2017 For me is $30 tplink use as access point $30 is local set Hor popular challenger have already ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic August 30, 2017 Share August 30, 2017 mean so use for peasant staying in HDB? Plenty of use. You get a chance to live the high life and pay more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic August 30, 2017 Share August 30, 2017 For me is $30 tplink use as access point $30 is local set Hor popular challenger have already i use a tp-link travel router for my room. Downside is that it's slower and can't serve as a purely AP. Only wireless-N. And it can be irritating cos the main router and it can't hand off properly to each other. But it works still after almost 3 years, so will continue to use it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic August 30, 2017 Share August 30, 2017 i use a tp-link travel router for my room. Downside is that it's slower and can't serve as a purely AP. Only wireless-N. And it can be irritating cos the main router and it can't hand off properly to each other. But it works still after almost 3 years, so will continue to use it. Can lahI don't need so much speed Coverage is so much more impt than speed I help my colleagues configure $30 router as AP They happy like mad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 Bought this to cover a minor blind spot. Works well. Router is singtel supplied. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 Can lah I don't need so much speed Coverage is so much more impt than speed I help my colleagues configure $30 router as AP They happy like mad i got an asus during black friday to be my room wifi router. While u still need to configure it as a different name and still sometimes select it manually on my handphone. But benefit is that since it can function as an AP, i can access my NAS from the room wifi now. Signal strength also better than my tp-link travel router obviously. no regrets from upgrading from the tp-link travel router Bought this to cover a minor blind spot. Works well. Router is singtel supplied. this is a wireless extender or what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unltd 5th Gear February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 Some models of ASUS supports mesh, go search aimesh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neutrino Supercharged February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 i use a tp-link travel router for my room. Downside is that it's slower and can't serve as a purely AP. Only wireless-N. And it can be irritating cos the main router and it can't hand off properly to each other. But it works still after almost 3 years, so will continue to use it. Funny thing is for me my TP-Link in my study gives a speed prolly twice as fast as the speed from my router in the living room. The TP-LInk is connected to my router. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 (edited) i got an asus during black friday to be my room wifi router. While u still need to configure it as a different name and still sometimes select it manually on my handphone. But benefit is that since it can function as an AP, i can access my NAS from the room wifi now. Signal strength also better than my tp-link travel router obviously. no regrets from upgrading from the tp-link travel router this is a wireless extender or what? Can you configure it to bridge mode? I'm using an ASUS wireless router(I bought this) as my main and an extra DLink wireless router(provided by SH) in bridge mode. Advantage is that SSID and password can be set the same as the main router. Don't have to go to settings on devices to do any network selection plus the extended wireless coverage. Edited February 23, 2018 by Watwheels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 this is a wireless extender or what? yup, Xiaomi wifi extender 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 (edited) Can you configure it to bridging mode? I'm using an ASUS wireless router(I bought this) as my main and an extra DLink wireless router(provided by SH) as a bridge. Advantage is that SSID and password can be set the same as the main router. Don't have to go to settings on devices to do any network selection plus the extended wireless coverage. basically it's not that u can't set it as the same SSID and password with the asus. my travel router last time cannot set it as a bridge or wireless AP but this new one can. I set it differently cos basically the device i'm using (mainly my S6 samsung) is a bit stupid when it comes to switching. So say main router AP is giving only 1 sometimes 2 bar at my MBR while my MBR AP is giving me 4-5 bars, the phone will still stupidly keep trying to access the main router. So i manually switch at times cos it's faster and so a different SSID makes it easy for me to switch. Whereas if u share the same SSID etc, then u have to wait for the device to give up, before it switches to the MBR AP. Some models of ASUS supports mesh, go search aimesh like i mentioned, i think it's the receiving device (my handphone) which is not that smart. less to do with network coverage Edited February 23, 2018 by Lala81 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewLee72 6th Gear February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 Oppo R9 n above phones is like able to auto switch to stronger wifi signals... I think so... Any oppo users.. The AP setup is the best method Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash2017 Twincharged February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 Wi-Fi router there ia a new 802.11 ax hold on to your purchase first 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 wah, I really behind the curve, just only went from bgn to ac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 i got an asus during black friday to be my room wifi router. While u still need to configure it as a different name and still sometimes select it manually on my handphone. But benefit is that since it can function as an AP, i can access my NAS from the room wifi now. Signal strength also better than my tp-link travel router obviously. no regrets from upgrading from the tp-link travel router this is a wireless extender or what? My home one all router the Wi-Fi name and password all the same one If not troublesome lah wah, I really behind the curve, just only went from bgn to ac. I am still on 200mbps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 I am still on 200mbps I win you a bit, my one is 300mpbs. ok lah, I also don't do much on the internet anyways, same as you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 (edited) basically it's not that u can't set it as the same SSID and password with the asus. my travel router last time cannot set it as a bridge or wireless AP but this new one can. I set it differently cos basically the device i'm using (mainly my S6 samsung) is a bit stupid when it comes to switching. So say main router AP is giving only 1 sometimes 2 bar at my MBR while my MBR AP is giving me 4-5 bars, the phone will still stupidly keep trying to access the main router. So i manually switch at times cos it's faster and so a different SSID makes it easy for me to switch. Whereas if u share the same SSID etc, then u have to wait for the device to give up, before it switches to the MBR AP. like i mentioned, i think it's the receiving device (my handphone) which is not that smart. less to do with network coverage I think you may have misunderstood. Bridge mode is to actually make the 2 routers share the same wireless network. It's different from setting 2 different routers with the same SSID and password. There's a difference. When you make the two routers share the same wireless or wifi you won't have the issue you are facing now. Google bridge mode. You have to go into the router's advance settings to select the bridge mode and have to reset for it to go into bridge mode. Not just set the SSID and PW the same as your main router. Edited February 23, 2018 by Watwheels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 23, 2018 Share February 23, 2018 I think you may have misunderstood. Bridge mode is to actually make the 2 routers share the same wireless network. It's different from setting 2 different routers with the same SSID and password. There's a difference. When you make the two routers share the same wireless or wifi you won't have the issue you are facing now. Google bridge mode. You have to go into the router's advance settings to do the bridge mode. Not just set the SSID and PW same. bridge mode is essentially making a 2nd wireless AP coming from a main router. Yes my MBR router is currently acting as a 2nd wireless AP off my living room router It's all one system, i can access my NAS from the room router as well (which i couldn't before) my old system was yes, literally 2 different routers running different wifi. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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