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I found a long forgotten wireless AP in a box with some old junk, I actually never used it before, the PSU and antennas was still wrapped in plastic. It's a Intellinet 300N wireless access point.
Since I have a area in my house where the wifi coverage isn't too great, I thought I would set this up as a wireless range extender. Yes I know the best solution is to run a cable, but for now this would have to do until there's funds one day to do it properly.
I did a quick Google and tried setting it up, but I can't get it working so must be doing something wrong.
This thing has 4 modes, 1. Access Point, 2. Point-to-Point, 3. Point-to-Multi-Point, 4. Universal Repeater. BTW my main router is a TP-Link Archer D9.
1. I first gave the Intellinet a different IP address, outside the pool of the TP-Link.
2. I chose universal repeater mode on the Intellenet.
3. I set the SSID as well as all security settings and password exactly the same on both the Intellinet and TP-Link.
4. I however set the 2.4 GHz channel different on each, I think the TP-Link is set to 11 and the Intellinet to 4.
5. DHCP on the Intellinet is disabled.
What am I doing wrong, am I using the correct mode, is repeater correct or must it be in P2P mode?
From my quick Google, I understand if setting it up like this with the same SSID and security, devices will automatically jump from one router to another depending on which signal is the strongest.
I found a long forgotten wireless AP in a box with some old junk, I actually never used it before, the PSU and antennas was still wrapped in plastic. It's a Intellinet 300N wireless access point.
Since I have a area in my house where the wifi coverage isn't too great, I thought I would set this up as a wireless range extender. Yes I know the best solution is to run a cable, but for now this would have to do until there's funds one day to do it properly.
I did a quick Google and tried setting it up, but I can't get it working so must be doing something wrong.
This thing has 4 modes, 1. Access Point, 2. Point-to-Point, 3. Point-to-Multi-Point, 4. Universal Repeater. BTW my main router is a TP-Link Archer D9.
1. I first gave the Intellinet a different IP address, outside the pool of the TP-Link.
2. I chose universal repeater mode on the Intellenet.
3. I set the SSID as well as all security settings and password exactly the same on both the Intellinet and TP-Link.
4. I however set the 2.4 GHz channel different on each, I think the TP-Link is set to 11 and the Intellinet to 4.
5. DHCP on the Intellinet is disabled.
What am I doing wrong, am I using the correct mode, is repeater correct or must it be in P2P mode?
From my quick Google, I understand if setting it up like this with the same SSID and security, devices will automatically jump from one router to another depending on which signal is the strongest.
