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A Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up a Wi-Fi Range Extender

A Comprehensive Guide to Setting Up a Wi-Fi Range Extender

Updated August 2016

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We found a little game project online at http://gamebuino.com, and with it being open-source, realised we could make our own version of it using duinotech parts. Even better, there's already a heap of games that have been created at https://github.com/Rodot/Gamebuino-Games-Compilation, and because it's based on Arduino, you can create your own games as well. There's a complete set of libraries for making your own games at https://github.com/Rodot/Gamebuino, too. And just to make sure you've got something to get started with, we've built a Tic-Tac-Toe game for it too.

There's a bit of soldering and fiddly wiring involved, but we were playing games on it within a few hours.

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Check whether your router supports WPS: if you don't have the manual, just look for a button marked WPS on the device.

Switch on your extender and make sure 'repeater' mode is selected.

Press and hold the WPS button on the device until it enters pairing mode: this is often indicated by a flashing LED on the device.

Press the WPS button on your router. This will fast-track the configuration, having the same effect as manually entering the network password (below).

How to improve Wi-Fi coverage

We found a little game project online at http://gamebuino.com, and with it being open-source, realised we could make our own version of it using duinotech parts. Even better, there's already a heap of games that have been created at https://github.com/Rodot/Gamebuino-Games-Compilation, and because it's based on Arduino, you can create your own games as well. There's a complete set of libraries for making your own games at https://github.com/Rodot/Gamebuino, too. And just to make sure you've got something to get started with, we've built a Tic-Tac-Toe game for it too.

There's a bit of soldering and fiddly wiring involved, but we were playing games on it within a few hours.

Check whether your router supports WPS: if you don't have the manual, just look for a button marked WPS on the device.

Switch on your extender and make sure 'repeater' mode is selected.

Press and hold the WPS button on the device until it enters pairing mode: this is often indicated by a flashing LED on the device.

Press the WPS button on your router. This will fast-track the configuration, having the same effect as manually entering the network password (below).