CplAh Posted January 6, 2017 Member ID: 2431 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 310 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 271 Achievement Points: 2868 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2023 Birthday: 10/29/1986 Device: iPhone Share Posted January 6, 2017 Seems every other week i'm looking for some advice. This time its regarding wifi access point/extending. I have a wireless router from my ISP and a Netgear nighthawk. I'm trying to make the netgear an access point in the upper level of my house. I can't seem to get it to work. I changed the netgear router into an AP using the same SSID and security aswell as the key. Am I missing something? I followed a "DIY access point" I found on Google but it's still not working properly. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hxtr Posted January 6, 2017 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.17 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2017 Unless they are the same model you might have a problem calling your router the same SSID as your main one in AP mode. Do you turn off DHCP so only your main router hands them out. Did you give your router a static IP of your current network ip range. IN AP mode their should be no NAT or Firewall going on. If you have a problem doing all that you can just plug your lan side of the router into your lan side of your network of the router and turn off DHCP so whatever attaches via wifi gets a address from your main router not your AP and just have your SSIS a different name as your other one. You can hook up normal wan port to your lan but devices south of that router will not see your devices on that side.. hence you trying to set in Access Point mode. Not sure what model you have.. never seen one. You may have to take screen shots of the setup screens or find a video that has them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxtr Posted January 6, 2017 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 3.17 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129713 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2017 And on both.. have you upgraded the firmware? Seems every router I setup for someone I have to upgrade the firmware first otherwise all kinds of problems popup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin007 Posted January 6, 2017 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1071 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8425 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7284 Achievement Points: 74829 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Share Posted January 6, 2017 I have 2 diff models and works ok. Each has its own ssid name eg router1 and router2. Router1 needs to have dhcp turned on. On the 2nd set up your wireless password same as main one router1 and turn off dhcp. Router2 is wired from router1 and the cable goes into one of the 4 ports, not the internet port. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk KicknDatAzz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TobyDeDrone Posted January 12, 2017 Member ID: 25297 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 82 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 83 Achievement Points: 835 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/26/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 6, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) My advice.... get a Asus EA-N66 - its simple as shit and signal boost is awesome. I wont paste the link coz *Shrug* but google it. it has a simple connection wizard as well if you are scared of manual. and it comes with 3 different types AP type Edited January 12, 2017 by TobyDeDrone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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