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---
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description: 'How To Add a Router To Your Box Setup'
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sidebar_position: 4
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# Extend Your Box
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An extended Butter Box pairs the Raspberry Pi with a standalone Wi-Fi
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router, giving stronger signal and more simultaneous connections.
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With the router, the network can reach 10-30 m (32-98 feet),and can
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comfortably support 10–20 connected devices at the same time. This setup is
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ideal for a medium group of people in a medium room, like classrooms,
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events, or community spaces.
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## Supplies
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* [ ] Raspberry Pi 4, 5 or Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
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* [ ] Router ([Opal (GL-SFT1200) Wireless Travel
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Router](https://store-us.gl-inet.com/products/united-states-opal-gl-sft1200-gigabit-wireless-router-dual-band-openwrt-ipv6-tor)
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or equivilent)
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* [ ] Power outlet and power cords that accompany the Raspberry Pi and the
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Router or an [alternative power supply](../power-supply)
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* [ ] Micro SD Card: Images with the Butter software are usually under 16 GB
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(we suggest 256 GB). Media that people upload to the chat ends up on the
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card; it never gets cleared.
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* [ ] USB Drive (min 32 GB)
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* [ ] Adapters (as needed)
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_No internet connection is required._
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<figure><img src="/img/docs/20250815_142438.jpg" alt=""/><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
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## Steps
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To extend your box, you simply connect a GLi-Net router to the Butter Box
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with an ethernet cable. Instead of accessing the box from the portal Wi-Fi
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hotspot (eg. 'butter box' or whichever name you set in the admin settings),
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users will join the Wi-Fi network of the router.
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### Connect the Butter Box to its power supply.
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Connect the Butter Box to power.
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### Connect Router
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Connect the router to power. Then use the ethernet cable to connect to the
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Butter Box. Make sure to plug the Ethernet cable into the LAN port on your
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router.
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### Test Your Connection
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Join the router Wi-Fi. If you have not setup or used this router before,
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enter the default password found in the user guide included in the
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package. After 30 seconds, open http://butterbox.local in a browser.
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### Disable Butter Box Wi-Fi Access Point
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Open the admin settings from the Butter Box portal. Navigate to **Secure
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Portal**. Turn off the Wi-Fi access point. This will hide the Wi-Fi network
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that broadcasts from the raspberry pi, so that users don’t get confused
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about which network to join.
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### Invite Users to Join the Router Wi-Fi
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Users will now join the Wi-Fi network of the router when they want to
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connect to the Butter Box.
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