How do I set the Era/Eos router to Access Point mode or to Wireless Eco 100 Repeater mode?

Do you have a second Eco 100 router and would you like to expand your WiFi network? Would you like to create one single WiFi network in your home, consisting of a main Eco 100 router and a secondary Eco 100 unit, with seamless roaming when moving with your device from one router to the other? Then you can choose to set the second Eco 100 unit to either Access Point mode or Wireless Eco 100 Extender/Repeater mode.

For Access Point mode, which is the lowest EMF option, you need to hardwire the second Eco 100 unit by connecting it to a LAN port on the main Eco 100 router via an Ethernet cable.
For Wireless Eco 100 Repeater mode, you don’t need to run a cable to the secondary unit.

In Access Point and Repeater modes, the secondary unit acts as a network switch. This gives you access to network drives or printers connected to your main router. This is because, unlike in Router mode, all devices connected to the secondary unit (via the WAN and LAN ports or WiFi) are on the same local area network (LAN), creating a single network. The main router will assign IP addresses to the devices connected through the secondary unit.

You cannot use Access Point or Wireless Repeater mode for the first Eco router if your Internet modem is in so-called bridge mode or lacks routing functionality. (This is always the case if your modem only has one LAN port.) For the second Eco router, you can always use Access Point mode or Wireless Repeater mode.

To set the Eco router to Access Point mode

Log in to the router settings menu
Go to the System -> Custom Commands page
In the ‘Arguments’ field under ‘Switch to Access Point mode (wired WAN),’ enter the WiFi password for the main router, if you want the access point’s WiFi password to be set the same. If you prefer, you can also choose a different password.
Click the ‘Run’ button under ‘Switch to Access Point mode (wired WAN)’
The router will restart.

Please note that the router’s settings menu will no longer be accessible via the old address, http://192.168.4.1, and will be assigned a new IP address. To find this, log in to the main router to which the secondary Eco 100 unit is connected and check the list of DHCP leases. You can also use a network scanning app, such as Fing.

To set the Eco router to Wireless Repeater mode

The first WiFi repeater that emits radically less radiation—a measurable 87% fewer beacon pulses during use, and it’s completely radiation-free when no devices are requesting WiFi. Fully compatible with Full Eco standby mode: If you pair it with a JRS Eco 100 router as your main router, the main Eco 100 router also turns off its WiFi after the repeater has shut down its WiFi.

Ensure that the main router‘s WiFi is active and not in sleep mode. You can do this by connecting your phone to it, for example. This is necessary for the repeater unit to set up the connection to the main router.
Log in to the router settings menu of the unit that you want to make into a repeater.
Go to the System -> Custom Commands page
In the ‘Arguments’ field under ‘Switch to Repeater mode (wireless WAN),’ enter the WiFi password for the main router with which you want to set up the wireless connection. The repeater’s password will be set to the same value.
Click the ‘Run’ button under ‘Switch to Repeater mode (wireless WAN)’
The router will restart.

To revert to the default setting (Router mode)

The menu also offers the option to revert to Router mode, which is the default operating mode.

The router’s WiFi password will be reset. See the label on the bottom of the device for the WiFi password.

In this mode, the WAN and LAN sides of the router are in different subnetworks. Routing between the WAN and LAN takes place and via the secondary router it is not possible to access a network drive or printer connected to the main router.

Log in to the router settings menu
Go to the System -> Custom Commands page
Click the ‘Run’ button under ‘Revert to Router Mode’
The router will restart.