Configuring TP-Link Router (Base Station) with Netgear Router (Repeater)

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Saurav

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Ok, need some help. To improve my Wi-Fi signal, I need to configure my old Netgear Router to act as a repeater. But for some reason, even after doing everything I knew, the TP-Link Router and Netgear Router are not able to communicate with each other.

Current Router - TP Link (TL-WR841N) - Using this one for wireless connection
Old Router - Netgear (WGR614v9) - Trying to use this one as a repeater

Now, I need to connect them wirelessly and not with a LAN cable.

Steps I have taken already.

1. Same SSID in both.
2. Same Channel in both.
3. WEP Password in both.
4. IP address of TP Link: 192.168.1.1 and Netgear: 192.168.1.5 (so they are in the same range)

Please advise where am I going wrong.
 
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Switched roles for both routers - TP-Link (Repeater) + Netgear (Router) and now it works. The problem was with Netgear which is old and did not have repeating feature as new as that on TPLink. Just added Netgear to the WDS feature and now the TPLink Router is acting as a repeater.
 
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