ASUS DSL-N55U as a repeater with BT Home Hub 4.0 Type A

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#171325 14-Apr-2015 06:45

Hello All,

I'm wondering if this is even possible, I have an ASUS DSL-N55U router I wasn't using for a year now since I changed my provider. My provider is BT with a Home Hub 4.0 Type A modem / router. I'd like to use the Asus as a repeater on the upper floor facing the garden so I have better coverage around the house. The way I'm planning to use it is through the power network, I bought a BT power kit. So I plug in the Ethernet cable to the BT power kit, upstairs I plug in the router's LAN1 port to the kit... then what? :)

What I'd like to have is the same BT wifi signal accross the house, so I don't want to have a second network connecting through BT, I'd like to have the same BT network everywhere.

I hope it makes sense, I'm not a network engineer so excuse me in advance if it's something trivial or simply lame. I appreciate any assistance!

Thanks,
Shadoan

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#1282638 14-Apr-2015 08:36

Hello and welcome to Geekzone.

Not familiar with any of the BT gear, as we don't see anything with a BT logo on it in NZ these days. As it seems that you have a power-line setup in place between your modem/router and the Asus unit, rather than setting up a repeater, you would be setting up an Access Point. I'm pretty sure the DSL-N55U supports Access Point mode. Best thing to do would be to factory reset the DSL-N55U and I'm pretty sure when you log in to it after the reset that a wizard will offer you AP as an option to configure.

Worth a look?

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#1282663 14-Apr-2015 08:51

basically you want to extend your wifi network to allow devices to connect to the internet via the asus device.

you need to connect the asus up to a computer, you need to turn off DHCP on it, you need to either give it a static IP address, or let it get one automatically, and you need to set the SSID and password of the network to the same as the one that the BT modem is using, this means that devices can connect to both networks with out to many issues.

then connect the asus normal lan port to a normal lan port on the BT and it should work fine

i may have missed something in there though

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#1282683 14-Apr-2015 09:13

It's easy on the Asus. Basically, you just select Access Point in the wizard and it turns off DHCP etc and you're good to go. Configure SSID, security etc to match the BT config and you're done. OP seems to have the cabling correct already, so that's a good start, although you'll need to disconnect the cable to start with.

Would have to set up the Asus before hooking it up to the network though, as there could be an IP clash with the BT unit. There would more than likely be a DHCP clash to start with at least. Connect your computer to the Asus via cable and run the wizard as mentioned above. Once you finish seeing it up as an AP, connect it back up to the power-line and you should be away.

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#1283185 14-Apr-2015 19:52

Thanks guys so much for your help!! I'll try when I got home. Cheers!