TP-Link WA5210G CPE, keeps losing internet connectivity and works again after unplug

[onerb]

Hi guys,

I am by no means a tech boffin but managed to setup a network from the office(accross the road) to my house using 2 x TP-Link WA5210G Cpe units.

They work great and the speed is very good.

After a couple of days the internet at home will stop and at the network icon on my PC it will show no internet connection. I set my TP-link cpe as a repeater with the LAN cable connected into my home router in the WAN port. This distributes the wifi through the house and via LAN to my desktop.

Could this timeout be caused by an error in the IP settings? Must the router in my house issue static IP's for all the other devices that connect onto the router?

If I unplug the POE power source and reconnect it the internet works fine again which leads me to believe that it is an IP issue.

Please reply with advice if you've encountered this before.

[portcullis]

These things are driving me nuts. We are seeing the same error as you on a daily basis.

We are pulling all the ones we have sold and offering to pay half the difference between it and a Nanostation so that the clients who have them can connect consistantly and be happy.

There is something wrong with the firmware.

Unfortunately, we can't load DD-WRT onto them, so we're stuck.

I'm repurposing the ones we are buying back to work as wireless access points. The work extremely well in AP mode and never give any problems.

[onerb]

These things are driving me nuts. We are seeing the same error as you on a daily basis.

We are pulling all the ones we have sold and offering to pay half the difference between it and a Nanostation so that the clients who have them can connect consistantly and be happy.

There is something wrong with the firmware.

Unfortunately, we can't load DD-WRT onto them, so we're stuck.

I'm repurposing the ones we are buying back to work as wireless access points. The work extremely well in AP mode and never give any problems.

That doesn't sound good. So there is no way around it? Did you take it up with tp-link? Could it not be as a result of the dynamic ip's?

Will they work cross platform, ie the ap unit remains and you use another at the end router?

[portcullis]

They do work cross platform. I've got people connecting to them with Nanostations, laptops, tablets, iphones, droids etc.

[AntiMiracleMan]

whats the price on these units ?