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May 7th, 2004 16:00
Setting up a repeater on a wireless network???
I have a DLINK DI624 setup and working fine. When I connect the DLINK DWL-2100AP via network cable to the 624, it can be seen fine. However, when I disconnect the 2100 (wireless is on and properly configured in both cases), I can no longer "see" the 2100 on the network (via IP address/ping, etc.)
I have the 624 in the upper level of my house and want to use my laptop in the lower level, opposite side. My goal was to move the 2100 to the opposite side of the upper level (so above my laptop). Is this the right option? I have the 2100 set as an AP repeater and entered the MAC address of the 624 as required.
I think I'm missing one little something to make this all work.
Does the 2100 need to be setup as providing DHCP as well as the 624? Right now the 624 is handling DHCP and the 2100 is not. If I do that should I put the 2100 on a different subnet and have the laptop use the 2100 as the gateway instead of the 624?
HELP! :)
I have the 624 in the upper level of my house and want to use my laptop in the lower level, opposite side. My goal was to move the 2100 to the opposite side of the upper level (so above my laptop). Is this the right option? I have the 2100 set as an AP repeater and entered the MAC address of the 624 as required.
I think I'm missing one little something to make this all work.
Does the 2100 need to be setup as providing DHCP as well as the 624? Right now the 624 is handling DHCP and the 2100 is not. If I do that should I put the 2100 on a different subnet and have the laptop use the 2100 as the gateway instead of the 624?
HELP! :)
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joedog
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May 28th, 2004 15:00
I was told that is normal when the 2100ap is set to repeat mode, it should not ping with its IP address. If you are using a DLink card, use the site survey utility and you should see both MAC addresses, the one from your original 624, and the MAC from the new inserted 2100a. Then you might have to create a profile from the client's nic utility to force the client to use the 2100ap device.
Also you might do a site survey with the mentioned utility also, you might be placing the 2100ap to far away from your original signal on the 624. You might set the 2100ap midway on that floor and see what you get.
As far as the DHCP, I don't think you have to enable the 2100ap as a DHCP, it should pass from the 624, or use static IPs to test with. Configure both 624 and 2100ap with the same ssid and channel, disable Super G, and set preamble to long on the 624.
joedog
Sean Bartholome
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September 21st, 2004 18:00
I have the same set up right now...with a ISP8600, with the intel pro wireless 2200bg adapter. It doesn't seem to see the repeater as far as I can tell. And since I don't have a dlink card in the laptop, I don't have the site survey utility...
Any suggestions?
Sean B.