Tech & Auto
12 Genius Ways To Use Your Old Internet Router
By JESSE HOLLINGTON
Radio Streaming
You can use your router’s internal components and reconfigure them to build a working internet radio and stream your favorite tunes.
You must add a sound card to one of the router’s USB ports, connect a speaker, and install some software packages to control the volume and station.
Wi-Fi Extender
While you could buy a Wi-Fi repeater to expand your home’s internet signal, an old router already has everything you need. There are various methods to do this.
One way is to connect your routers with an ethernet cable and switch the old one to AP mode. Another way is to log into your router’s admin settings and switch it to Repeater Mode.
LAN Gaming
Whether you want to recapture the experience of a LAN party from your youth or try it for the first time, using an old router is the perfect solution.
Simply plug each computer into your old router with an ethernet cable. If you don’t have enough ethernet ports, you can always buy a network switch to add a few more.
Network Switch
Rather than buying a network switch to add more ethernet ports, an old router can also accomplish this, as it basically serves the same purpose.
You’ll need to log into the router to disable the DHCP server, change the IP to one that’s not being used, disable its wireless function, and connect to it with an ethernet cable.
Guest Wi-Fi
If you don’t want to share access to your Wi-Fi network with guests but still want to be a good host, you can use an old router to create a guest Wi-Fi.
You’ll need to log into the old router as an admin on a web browser, enter the guest network settings, and click enable. Give it a name to distinguish it and set a password.