Home Network through a repeater

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Dangermouse

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Hi guys,

I have recently moved to a 2 story house and was struggling to get proper wifi signal upstairs so decided to buy a wifi repeater that is also a LAN switch.
I have a PC downstairs at the TV and then one upstairs. So the LAN cable was already laid to upstairs. Connected the repeater to that LAN cable coming from the router and then connected the PC upstairs to the repeater/switch.

Now that you know the situation the question is?

How can I get the PC upstairs and downstairs on the same homegroup? The both are on their own network. The router creates its own network and the repeater also creates its own network.

Hope you understand the jibirish, would really appreciate help.
 
Switch off dhcp on the repeater. It needs to act as an access point for your router
 
According to my N+ notes, you must put the WiFi router on the second floor (aka above users) try it out.
 
Rickster said:
According to my N+ notes, you must put the WiFi router on the second floor (aka above users) try it out.
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Lol. That's just logic, don't need N+ notes for that. But he already has a LAN cable going upstairs, so doesn't really need a repeater per se
 
Thanks for the replies.

The repeater is upstairs in order to have proper wifi signal.

@imranpanji If I switch of dhcp on the repeater the only other option will probably be PPPoE.. Should I set that up? Worried it might conflict with the router then.
 
Thanks for the replies.

The repeater is upstairs in order to have proper wifi signal.

@imranpanji If I switch of dhcp on the router the only other option will probably be PPPoE.. Should I set that up? Worried it might conflict with the router then.

The picture below is a picture of the repeater. So as you can see the repeater only has a WAN input and not normal telephone cable. So it acts as a normal switch and a wifi repeater.

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Dangermouse said:
Thanks for the replies.

The repeater is upstairs in order to have proper wifi signal.

@imranpanji If I switch of dhcp on the router the only other option will probably be PPPoE.. Should I set that up? Worried it might conflict with the router then.

The picture below is a picture of the repeater. So as you can see the repeater only has a WAN input and not normal telephone cable. So it acts as a normal switch and a wifi repeater.

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No ppoe required as your router is doing that already. What you are doing is basically extending your network, but your router will control that. Your repeater will act as a relay for the upstairs clients.

What is the make and model of the repeater?
 
imranpanji said:
No ppoe required as your router is doing that already. What you are doing is basically extending your network, but your router will control that. Your repeater will act as a relay for the upstairs clients.

What is the make and model of the repeater?
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TotoLink N200RE 300Mbps Wireless N AP/Router

What should the settings be if not dhcp or PPPoE?

Thanks for the help BTW.
 
There should be a mode settings somewhere to swithc between Router and Access Point. Then it should work.
 
I am not sure how much you have spent already but it would have been easier, and cheaper, to buy a pair of POE bridges.
 
Dangermouse said:
TotoLink N200RE 300Mbps Wireless N AP/Router

What should the settings be if not dhcp or PPPoE?

Thanks for the help BTW.
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The wan interface setup should be setup as dhcp client, NAT should be switched off. The dhcp server should be switched off.

Dunno where the NAT settings are though. The only place I saw them is under vlans
 
furpile said:
There should be a mode settings somewhere to swithc between Router and Access Point. Then it should work.
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There are settings that I can choose. Can set it to Gateway, and router and something else.
It is currently set up as a gateway.

The router downstairs has an IP of 10.0.0.2 If I log onto the router I can see the repeater with an IP of 10.0.0.3

However the repeater has an IP of 192.168.1.1
So all the devices that then connect to the repeater ex. my phone then has an IP of 192.168.1.2 and my PC also has the same type of IP.

Also logging on to the repeater using its 192.168.1.1 IP I can see that it has the 10.0.0.3 IP and that its DNS is 10.0.0.2
 
imranpanji said:
The wan interface setup should be setup as dhcp client, NAT should be switched off. The dhcp server should be switched off.

Dunno where the NAT settings are though. The only place I saw them is under vlans
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Okay I will try to play around with these settings when I get home tonight. Hope I can get it right. Will take screen shots if it doesn't work so you can better see the settings and all.
 
Dangermouse said:
There are settings that I can choose. Can set it to Gateway, and router and something else.
It is currently set up as a gateway.

The router downstairs has an IP of 10.0.0.2 If I log onto the router I can see the repeater with an IP of 10.0.0.3

However the repeater has an IP of 192.168.1.1
So all the devices that then connect to the repeater ex. my phone then has an IP of 192.168.1.2 and my PC also has the same type of IP.

Also logging on to the repeater using its 192.168.1.1 IP I can see that it has the 10.0.0.3 IP and that its DNS is 10.0.0.2
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Looks like you are using the WAN port on the "repeater" thereby natting between the two networks.

You have a cable running upstairs already so no need for a "repeater", just a AP to provide wireless upstairs

So plug that cable into one of the upstairs AP's lan ports, not WAN port.
Change the upstairs router/AP LAN ip to 10.0.0.3/24 and switch off DHCP on it. (You might need to make it 10.0.0.254 or something not in your downstairs router DHCP range. It's getting 10.0.0.3 IP from your downstairs router on the WAN port so 10.0.0.3 is part of your DHCP range, might clash if you make it 10.0.0.3 and not exclude that IP from your DHCP range) Only one DHCP server is needed, and that's your downstairs router. Once you have the lan IP of the top router/AP on the same network you don't need to worry about switching off NAT or anything else except DHCP.
 
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irBosOtter said:
Looks like you are using the WAN port on the "repeater" thereby natting between the to networks.

You have a cable running upstairs already so no need for a "repeater", just a AP to provide wireless upstairs

So plug that cable into one of the upstairs AP's lan ports, not WAN port.
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Yup, that's what I was going to suggest
 
imranpanji said:
The wan interface setup should be setup as dhcp client, NAT should be switched off. The dhcp server should be switched off.

Dunno where the NAT settings are though. The only place I saw them is under vlans
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irBosOtter said:
Looks like you are using the WAN port on the "repeater" thereby natting between the to networks.

You have a cable running upstairs already so no need for a "repeater", just a AP to provide wireless upstairs

So plug that cable into one of the upstairs AP's lan ports, not WAN port.
Change the upstairs router/AP LAN ip to 10.0.0.3/24 and switch off DHCP on it. (You might need to make it 10.0.0.254 or something not in your downstairs router DHCP range. It's getting 10.0.0.3 IP from your downstairs router on the WAN port so 10.0.0.3 is part of your DHCP range, might clash if you make it 10.0.0.3 and not exclude that IP from your DHCP range) Only one DHCP server is needed, and that's your downstairs router. Once you have the lan IP of the top router/AP on the same network you don't need to worry about switching off NAT or anything else except DHCP.
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I do indeed have it plugged to the WAN port. If I plug the the LAN cable from the router in a LAN port on the repeater will it still be able to relay the wifi?
 
Dangermouse said:
I do indeed have it plugged to the WAN port. If I plug the the LAN cable from the router in a LAN port on the repeater will it still be able to relay the wifi?
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Yes, but it's not really called "relay"

It's just another AP on your network providing wireless to your devices onto your existing lan (and same subnet, ie 10.0.0.0/24)
 
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