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Use your old router as repeater

We all face the problem with wireless range of our router. wireless signal differ in different room of our home. so, we can use our old router for the solution of for range problem. so lets make your old useless router in use.
step for your main router which is connected to your ISP line.
 1. enter your routers IP in web browser 
2. login your router page. user id and password may be different according to the brand of router. (in must of the case user id=admin and password=admin)
3. go to LAN setting and change your LAN IP.
(eg. if your LAN IP is 192.168.1.1 change it ti 192.168.1.2) and save the setting.
4.  now your router login IP have been changed to 192.168.1.2

steps for second router.
1. enter your second routers IP and login the router page.
2. now go to LAN setting and change your IP of LAN to 192.168.1.1
3. also disable routers DHCP option and save the setting.
4. now connect both router with LAN cable.

Now you can use second router as wireless repeater.
It is helpful when you have wireless signal problem. 

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