IBall Dual Band WiFi Router Repeater Mode Configuration

Facing weak signal issues with your existing wifi router in office and home. simple steps to turn any router into wifi repeater mode and increase up to 100% signal coverage everywhere. follow the simple tutorials for iball dual band wifi router repeater mode with any brand access point.

IBall Ac1200 Dual Band WiFi Router Repeater Mode with Any Brand AP

An earlier post we have published i-Ball Dual Band WiFi router Setup and configuration first time for home internet. While installing a new SOHO Wi-Fi router for the home there are may place left where we find no signal or weak signal issue. In this post, you will solve to use your old Wi-Fi router as repeater mode to extend your existing wifi signal to each and every place. Simply solve the Wi-Fi range issue with iBall Dual-band Wi-Fi router repeater mode configuration with any other company wifi access point.

To increasing your low range wifi signal to every corner home you required a working access point. Every wifi router support multi-mode such as AP, Repeater, AP router. If your Wi-Fi router having mode client + AP which is also called repeater mode so you can use to turn your Wi-Fi router into a range extender.

 iBall Dual Band WiFi Router Repeater Mode Steps

iBall AC1200M Smart WiFi Router Repeater Mode Connection Diagram

To configuration WiFi router into a wireless repeater need to connect physically with the PC/Laptop Lan port.

  • Power on iball Wifi router with DC adapter comes with the device.
  • Connect LAN cable from Yellow LAN port to PC/Desktop LAN Port.

wifi router in repeater mode

Configure your Laptop/PC with the same series of iball Wi-Fi router default IP address.

EXP– I ball default IP- 192.168.1.l   use 192.168.1.10 in PC/Laptop LAN to make an accessible web interface.

iBall WiFi Router Login and Default IP Change

Before the configuration of repeater mode must change the default IP address to any other IP. Using a default IP address in repeater also can be a conflict with your existing wifi AP.

access http://192.168.1.1 in the browser URL bar and hit the enter key.

Use the password you have created during the first login. (If you are using the first time you can create new login password)

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Change Default LAN IP Address

Go to System Tools- LAN IP
  1. Change the new IP Address in this box.
  2. DHCP Server- Disable the DHCP server for repeater mode.

 iBall 300M WRB300N MIMO Wireless-N Router

Click the Save button and Re-open the wifi router with new IP Address changed.

IBall Dual Band WiFi Router Default Wireless SSID & Password Change

iBall wifi router comes with a default wifi name and password which strongly recommended changing before using it to the network. To change the WiFi name and password for your wifi router follow the steps below.

Go to Wireless Setting from the left side menu.

Click on Wireless SSID & Security

iBall WRD12EN Wifi Router as range extender settings

Wireless SSID & Security

1: 2.4 GHz Wireless

SSID– change the wifi name for 2.4 GHz

Encryption mode – WPA2-PSK (recommended)

Password– type the Wi-Fi password for 2.4 GHz in this box.

2: 5 GHz Wireless

SSID– change the Wi-Fi name for 5 GHz

Encryption mode – WPA2-PSK (recommended)

Password– type the Wi-Fi password for 5 GHz in this box.

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Click the Save button to apply settings.

iBall WiFi Router Repeater Mode Configuration

The final steps are to turn your wifi router into a range extender mode to boost wifi signal everywhere.

Go to Wireless Setting—Wireless Modes

how to use client ap mode in iball for repeate

1: Enable button to enable Mode

2: Wireless Mode- choose Client+ AP

iball wifi router not access in repeater mode

Select SSID–  after choosing Client +AP mode wifi router will scan for your main wifi router.

Choose the main WiFi name from the list and put the password.

1: Select your host AP wifi name.

2: Click on your wifi name.

3: type password for your main wifi router to connect.

4: click the Save button to join your repeater to AP.

difference between wireless repeater and bridge mode in iball

After reboot, iBall wifi router will connect wirelessly to your main wifi router and you can use internet from repeater SSID and from LAN port.

iball repeater wifi password change

While connecting repeater LAN port to PC make sure you have change LAN IP  to DHCP mode.

Use of Repeater Mode in WiFi Router

Once your wifi router configures as repeater mode you can use it to boost your existing wifi signal to an area where getting low connectivity. Repeater mode is the best way to improve low signal coverage into a stronger Wi-Fi zone. Just use your older laying wifi router to boost your wifi signal without buying any range extender device. The configuration steps of iBall dual band wifi router repeater mode also work for other brand wifi router which supports repeater mode or client + AP mode.

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