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Darpan
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Mar 11, 2020

How to make R6120 act as wifi extender

I want to connect R6120 model with JNR1010 in such a way to make any one of the router act as wifi extender

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  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User

    The R6120 doesn't have repeater or extender mode.

    The JNR1010 has repeater mode but you have to run your security in wep or with none to do so. this isn't recommended. Plus its old/slow and isn't going to be very beneficial. 

    A half decent dual band repeater isn't that expensive and would allow you to maintain security on your network and performance. I'd look at that route instead of trying to repurpose a old N150 router to work as such.