Wireless extenders

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:30 pm

Anyone ever use these?

Current wireless router is in the basement, and newest living space is going to be 3 levels above it. I'd like to put a new WAP in that area. Anyone ever done this at home?

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:21 pm

I have 3 access points in my house. I tried to do a wireless range extender thing, but it never worked quite right.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:36 pm

TheCatt wrote:I have 3 access points in my house. I tried to do a wireless range extender thing, but it never worked quite right.

Can you give me a newegg link to what you use?

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:06 pm

What I do now, is I whenever I get a new router, that becomes the main one, and the old ones, I put them into Access Point mode, and move them to other places in the house, wired to the main router, which handles the DHCP, etc.

Netgear WNDR4300 is my main router.
DLink DAP - 1522 is an access point somewhere (apparently I did buy this just to be an AP)
Linksys WRVS4400N - Former router.

I'm guessing the latter two devices are no longer for sale. The big thing for me was getting something that had 5GHz for my newer devices that support it.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:36 pm

Ok.... access point mode on a regular router.... I will look into that. I think I have an old stand-by one that was getting flaky in the DNS translation department, but might still be working as a vanilla WAP.

What do you do, just put it in WAP mode and plug in a cable from your switch to the input port of the WAP router? Again, first time. I imagine I would want to name the device something unique, too.

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Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:48 am

GORDON wrote:What do you do, just put it in WAP mode and plug in a cable from your switch to the input port of the WAP router? Again, first time. I imagine I would want to name the device something unique, too.

Yep.

Supposedly, you can use the same SSIDs across an entire network, but I had issues when I did that, so I gave them all new names. Which means you have to manually switch when you move around the house.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:07 pm

Ok so I have a new wireless router that I am trying to configure as a pure WAP.

Existing router IP: 192.168.1.2. It was 1.1, but the new one is 1.1, and to avoid conflict during setup I changed the existing one to 1.2.

I can't connect to the admin screen in a browser with 192.168.1.1.

Do I plug the network cable into the WAN port, or one of the LAN ports? Neither one is working.

I allowed 192.168.1.1 to be an assignable IP in the "home" router, so the new router should be allowed.

Basically the problem is that I can't get into admin settings on the new router, and quick googling isn't helping.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:16 pm

I might have to just plug this thing directly into a PC for setup. I just can't see it through my LAN.

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Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:18 pm

GORDON wrote:I might have to just plug this thing directly into a PC for setup. I just can't see it through my LAN.

For initial setup, I always go direct.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 1:20 pm

Yeah, that's my next step. Will have to do it later, this has already taken more time than I can spare this afternoon.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:34 pm

Funny:

The "Quick Start Guide" said the default ip was 192.168.1.1, and user id/password was admin/password.

Once i had it direct connected to my laptop, I was able to see the broadcasted IP as 192.168.0.1, and I had to then haxxx0r the thing until I figured out the login was admin/admin.

So good documentation, Rosewill. This is why I couldn't connect to it before.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:37 pm

You check the physical docs or online?

Here.

Open your web browser and type the IP
address of the RNX- EasyN4 which you
want to use as the repeater. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1. At the login,
enter your username and password (default username: admin, password: admin).

Google search: rosewill wireless extender default username password

first hit

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Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:40 pm

Physical docs. I just triple checked it, it is printed wrong. I almost wonder if I got a reconditioned one that wasn't factory reset. I didn't see any other static routes or anything set up, though.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:45 pm

Functionality test, typing this from my phone connected. To the new WAP

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:47 pm

GORDON wrote:Physical docs. I just triple checked it, it is printed wrong. I almost wonder if I got a reconditioned one that wasn't factory reset. I didn't see any other static routes or anything set up, though.

The very first thing you should do with physical instructions is throw them away. Get the latest version online.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:53 pm

Everything SEEMS to be set up ok. I've got it running different channels from the other wireless point to reduce interference, I've got DHCP shut off, and I have assigned the WAP a reserved IP on the main router. Changed the default password. Gave it a unique broadcast name.

This particular model, a Rosewill RNX-AC750RT didn't have an easy "Use this as a WAP" button (that I could find) that I have seen in other admin pages, but it seems to be working ok.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:37 pm

My neighbors can now see a new hotspot... "DTManor Upper Levels 5G."

Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:57 pm

GORDON wrote:I've got it running different channels from the other wireless point to reduce interference [...]

How different?

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:00 pm

Alhazad wrote:
GORDON wrote:I've got it running different channels from the other wireless point to reduce interference [...]

How different?

Ummm............. I think my home router was set at like 153, and I set the WAP to 44.

I think.

I wasn't sure if being close in frequency (if that is the correct term) would be a problem, so I gave them some space.

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Alhazad · Post by **Alhazad** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:36 pm

GORDON wrote:I wasn't sure if being close in frequency (if that is the correct term) would be a problem, so I gave them some space.

It is, and it is. In 5GHz you probably have the channel width set to the default 20 or 40MHz (which is centered on the channel numbers you chose). As long as your channels are no closer than 20/40 to each other and to nearby 5GHz wireless neighbors, there should be no overlap. Some routers are able to scan automatically and change to avoid others.

If you have no near neighbors, you can increase your channel width further and set your channel numbers accordingly for faster data transmission to the routers.