allencraig Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 None of the home wi-fi service providers ask for their routers to be returned. My condo apartment has a pile of them from previous renters. Should I just toss them, or can they be donated? They're not even that old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 They can be used as remote access points but a bit of a pain to set up compared to units designed for that use. I suspect most are DSL so not longer usable for fiber optic main connections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I don't like to throw away things but summary: They are useless for almost anybody. I put things like that into the garbage room near the actual garbage. I am sure one of the cleaners in the building will take them and maybe sell them for 50B or give them to somebody or whatever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allencraig Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said: I don't like to throw away things but summary: They are useless for almost anybody. I put things like that into the garbage room near the actual garbage. I am sure one of the cleaners in the building will take them and maybe sell them for 50B or give them to somebody or whatever. Good advice. It's a shame the companies don't reuse them. What a huge waste—financial and resource-wise. But that's Thailand I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 1 hour ago, allencraig said: Good advice. It's a shame the companies don't reuse them. What a huge waste—financial and resource-wise. But that's Thailand I guess. They can't reuse most of them because the old devices don't support the newest technology - not only in Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
userabcd Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Visit the nearest branch office of the ISP and hand the routers over to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 6 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said: They can't reuse most of them because the old devices don't support the newest technology - not only in Thailand. Its the same with all consumer electronics, phones, PCs, laptops, fridges etc etc. Not really much you or I can do about it....is there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 an if only if only they could be reconfigured to become simple home wifi Repeaters... much like a year ago I played around with one of my Swann IpCams, and managed to make it perform as a Repeater that extended my home's wifi range reach all the way down to the front of the property outside ???? Only downside was that wifi access to the home network via the Swann; was now Open to all outsiders too ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, tifino said: an if only if only they could be reconfigured to become simple home wifi Repeaters... much like a year ago I played around with one of my Swann IpCams, and managed to make it perform as a Repeater that extended my home's wifi range reach all the way down to the front of the property outside ???? Only downside was that wifi access to the home network via the Swann; was now Open to all outsiders too ???? They can be set up with normal security password access without too much effort. This is what I used to have and instructions to set up (TP link). https://superuser.com/questions/645365/convert-wireless-adsl-modem-router-into-a-wireless-access-point-possible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, lopburi3 said: They can be set up with normal security password access without too much effort. This is what I used to have and instructions to set up (TP link). https://superuser.com/questions/645365/convert-wireless-adsl-modem-router-into-a-wireless-access-point-possible yes thanx, I had been thinking similar lines; except was hoping the Repeater itself could be sitting many rooms away operating totally wire-less, Not needing to be hardwire Cabled directly back to the homes Network Router 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, tifino said: yes thanx, I had been thinking similar lines; except was hoping the Repeater itself could be sitting many rooms away operating totally wire-less, Not needing to be hardwire Cabled directly back to the homes Network Router Have found even the designed repeaters do not work well using WiFi to communicate back to base (am sure some work better than others but what I bought did not work well until I ran cable - but works very good with the cable). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maliproto Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 11:45 AM, allencraig said: What a huge waste—financial and resource-wise. But that's Thailand I guess. It's not peculiar to Thailand! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) If these routers support OpenWRT then they could be used as Wi-Fi repeaters or IoT/smart home controllers, or whatever else. Check models here: https://openwrt.org/toh/start And if they are just a random chinese <deleted> then simply throw them away (responsibly). P.S. also if they are not listed on OpenWRT website but made by Huawei (check the sticker below, not the logo on top) then it's likely possible to flash a better than stock firmware. Edited March 11, 2021 by fdsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thainess Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Make a huge bonfire in your back garden and burn them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allencraig Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/8/2021 at 7:33 PM, KannikaP said: Its the same with all consumer electronics, phones, PCs, laptops, fridges etc etc. Not really much you or I can do about it....is there? I think this is quite different as electronics can easily be resold and used for many years after their original purchase. Just throwing away electronics because you want the newest one is pretty damn irresponsible on a number of levels because there's second-hand markets for them. Before shrugging and tossing yet another pile of plastic and steel and poisonous minerals into the landfill, I thought I'd check around and see if there's a way to allow them a longer life. Seems like not, but at least I made *some*effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allencraig Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 1:02 PM, fdsa said: If these routers support OpenWRT then they could be used as Wi-Fi repeaters or IoT/smart home controllers, or whatever else. Ah, interesting. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allencraig Posted March 24, 2021 Author Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 12:52 PM, Maliproto said: It's not peculiar to Thailand! True. But Thailand almost seems to enjoying using as many resources as possible in their consumer model—plastic especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, allencraig said: I think this is quite different as electronics can easily be resold and used for many years after their original purchase. Just throwing away electronics because you want the newest one is pretty damn irresponsible on a number of levels because there's second-hand markets for them. Before shrugging and tossing yet another pile of plastic and steel and poisonous minerals into the landfill, I thought I'd check around and see if there's a way to allow them a longer life. Seems like not, but at least I made *some*effort. I made some effort posting the answer you answered to ! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now