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Hermanvanv

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Hello all. I am new to the forum... but I need some help with my home wifi setup. I have a Netgear D6300 router/wifi where the Telkom line goes in. From there I run a network cable to another router, which extends the wifi to another part of my house. This is a D-Link N300 "Wireless Access Point". I have set it up as a bridge, so it only extends the home network, and does not issue IPs.

The problem is the following: I have a Mac and Apple TV. The Mac gets wifi connection from the Netgear, and the Apple TV connects to the D-Link. Now I have trouble connecting the Apple TV to the iTunes on the Mac. It works for a while, and then just decides to disconnect. Re-starting the Mac and the Apple TV sometimens work, and sometimes restarting the D-Link works, but nothing is constant, and it is a hit-or-miss. At the moment I am at the point of throwing away the D-Link, and getting another Wireless Access point, but I want to know if someone might know what the issue is before I spend money.

OK then! Any help will be great.:confused:
 
I would first make sure it is the dlink, ask a friend if you can borrow their wifi access point for a week. Can narrow it down from there.
 
Hermanvanv said:
Hello all. I am new to the forum... but I need some help with my home wifi setup. I have a Netgear D6300 router/wifi where the Telkom line goes in. From there I run a network cable to another router, which extends the wifi to another part of my house. This is a D-Link N300 "Wireless Access Point". I have set it up as a bridge, so it only extends the home network, and does not issue IPs.

The problem is the following: I have a Mac and Apple TV. The Mac gets wifi connection from the Netgear, and the Apple TV connects to the D-Link. Now I have trouble connecting the Apple TV to the iTunes on the Mac. It works for a while, and then just decides to disconnect. Re-starting the Mac and the Apple TV sometimens work, and sometimes restarting the D-Link works, but nothing is constant, and it is a hit-or-miss. At the moment I am at the point of throwing away the D-Link, and getting another Wireless Access point, but I want to know if someone might know what the issue is before I spend money.

OK then! Any help will be great.:confused:
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In all honesty the consumer grade wireless extenders just give headaches.

Are you severely cost constrained? If not, chat to the guys over at Uniterm (www.dbg.co.za) and get yourself a Ubiquiti Unifi - it will cost you about R1000 but it just works.

You can have a look at this thread for other people's experiences with the product

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/604760-Ubiquiti-UniFi-enterprise-WiFi-at-home
 
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Hermanvanv said:
Hello all. I am new to the forum... but I need some help with my home wifi setup. I have a Netgear D6300 router/wifi where the Telkom line goes in. From there I run a network cable to another router, which extends the wifi to another part of my house. This is a D-Link N300 "Wireless Access Point". I have set it up as a bridge, so it only extends the home network, and does not issue IPs.

The problem is the following: I have a Mac and Apple TV. The Mac gets wifi connection from the Netgear, and the Apple TV connects to the D-Link. Now I have trouble connecting the Apple TV to the iTunes on the Mac. It works for a while, and then just decides to disconnect. Re-starting the Mac and the Apple TV sometimens work, and sometimes restarting the D-Link works, but nothing is constant, and it is a hit-or-miss. At the moment I am at the point of throwing away the D-Link, and getting another Wireless Access point, but I want to know if someone might know what the issue is before I spend money.

OK then! Any help will be great.:confused:
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Also had problems with D-Link. Sometimes firmware upgrade sorts out some bugs but mine is sitting in a box right now and replaced it with a Ubiquiti AirRouter HP. Never had issues since and I only got Apple products...
 
Thank you all for the replies - I realised last night that it might be my Mac - my wife's MacBook can still connect, but I'm having trouble with the 2011 Mac.
I will look into the Uniterm products.
 
Hi

the problem may occur with negotation between the Netgear D6300 and the D-Link N300. you need to decide which of these 2 devices you like more works better for you then replace the one similar - Netgear to Neatgear or Dlink to Dlink. i think the problem there is that the Dlink is not getting ghcp from the netgear. if you put another netgear the compatibility will be more consistant.
 
Lee Beier said:
Hi

the problem may occur with negotation between the Netgear D6300 and the D-Link N300. you need to decide which of these 2 devices you like more works better for you then replace the one similar - Netgear to Neatgear or Dlink to Dlink. i think the problem there is that the Dlink is not getting ghcp from the netgear. if you put another netgear the compatibility will be more consistant.
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The way to hell is paved with good intentions - and what has been posted above is the best of intentions....

:(

Been down that long, dark, road - many a clump of hair is to be found along the way

Wireless Extenders aimed at the consumer market are an exercise in frustration <--- experience talking
 
DA-LION-619 said:
I think it's your Apple products.
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If you have no value to add, perhaps rather shut up. This business that some posters like to add these meaningless, helpless non-sequiturs that are really just lame blows in the OS wars must come to an end.

OP: Try switching your authentication scheme as well as fiddling your b/g/n settings to the lowest denominator and slowly up things from there. WEP may be more reliable in these kinds of situations (although not more secure).
 
GreGorGy said:
If you have no value to add, perhaps rather shut up. This business that some posters like to add these meaningless, helpless non-sequiturs that are really just lame blows in the OS wars must come to an end.

OP: Try switching your authentication scheme as well as fiddling your b/g/n settings to the lowest denominator and slowly up things from there. WEP may be more reliable in these kinds of situations (although not more secure).
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You're ignorant of the Apple ecosystem, Apple products work better together which the OP has. The OP should get a AirPort device.
 
Can I then use an Airport device as an extender, i.o.w. replacing the D-Link with Airport?
 
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