Wow. Thanks.

Hello rjmsfire, you can try to wrap the router in tin foil.

Another way but not recommended because need more time to setup and add more bucks for another hardware but it's an alternative way.
Turn any PC become router

This post has been edited by misspinky: Feb 17 2020, 04:28 PM

Thanks for your suggestion. I successfully turned off the Netis router's wifi signals, while still having my PC connected to the router with a LAN cable.

Using my browser, I went to 192.168.1.1 and logged in with the default username and password. Clicked WLAN tab, went to WLAN0 (2.4 GHz) > Basic setting > Enable WLAN interface > Off. Then repeated the same thing at WLAN1(5 GHz).

Just wondering your father only use pc to connect Internet. No smartphone?

Smartphone just use data

Thanks for the great instructions, it works.
My router gg Maxis can only only send replacement post MRO. Am using this method to setup a temp pc router with ICS

Sorry bumping up this old thread.
As far as I being informed, we can't have internet access by connecting PC to the BTU Huawei (optical modem) ethernet ports unless we connect to the wifi router LAN.
I have similar situation where I need to shift my wifi router to upstairs through a long LAN cable that connected to BTU Huawei.
This is because I want to cover the upstairs wifi signal temporary. In fact, I can have balance wifi signal for both upstair and downstairs after I shift wifi router to upstairs.
I know you would suggest wifi extender / powerline but I need some time since we are having MCO now...

I wish I can connect my downstairs desktop directly to BTU Huawei through LAN cable.
So, this method above would work, while maintaining the same working condition for upstairs wifi router?

I'm not sure what is your condition. This method only works for one PC only when you don't have router. You are now asking for connect downstairs desktop PC directly to BTU, yes it may works. However, nope for the wifi router for upstairs. I guess your current situation is BTU to wifi router, this is the only best situation, so please avoid BTU to desktop PC method.

You still need to pull a long LAN cable to upstairs and buy a new wifi router (not shift your current router to upstairs) to put at upstairs. So you can connect the upstairs wifi router to your downstairs main router to get access to the internet on wifi.

Just need to extend the fiber cable to upstair.
The fiber patch cable selling quite cheap on shopee malaysia.
Need to add one more male coupler for fiber patch cable so
that it can connect to the tm ready made fiber female connector.

U have good wifi coverage at upstair now.
But u still need one long run cat6 lan cable to go downstair to connect to ur
desktop pc.

This post has been edited by cba5566: Jan 18 2021, 01:00 PM

Yes, you understand it correctly.

I planning to reuse another old wifi router (if I am able to find it back) and connect to downstairs BTU's 2nd ethernet port and remain it at downstairs, so that I can connect desktop to this old router.
If I get you right, you say that the upstairs (current) wifi router need to be connected to downstairs (extra) old wifi router through LAN cable, to function and act as 2nd access point?

your modem is downstairs right?
so from modem to router, short LAN cable like normal.
Then LAN 2 or 3 to your PC using short LAN cable.
Then LAN 2 or 3 to another router using long LAN cable to upstairs and set the router as AP. all done