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WBC 502 Extend Wireless Network to support wireless camera
REQUIREMENT - To support wireless cameras on my WBC 502 Master (Barn) I have: Two WBC 502 set up. One as Master (Barn) - located in my barn where the internet connection is Connected to Inter...
so a clarifying point.
You put the WBC in the barn is handling dhcp and that the router in the house is in access point mode.
What about the router in the barn? Is that in access point mode? or router mode?
Router in Master (Barn) is set up as a router.Internet is connected to this router.
It probably sounds a little silly to have the barn as the Master but to get an internet signal, we had to put a 20' tower on the barn. The house was not an option.
This has worked really well for years until I tried to add a wireless camera to the Barn.
When I did the install years ago, i tried making as few changes as possible.
I've ran into issues with broadcast internet a few times and haven't really found a good solution to it.
Are you using any dhcp on the WBC502? Thats key.
No - I tried setting my network up with as few changes to the defaults as possible.
I just double checked and both WBC 502 are getting their IP adresses from the RAX80 in the barn (Barn is connected to the WBC 502 that is acting as the MASTER).
If someone could tell me how to set up the WBC 502 using the RAX 80 to support WIFI network connectivity, assuming that this is a brand new installation right out of the box, I could take it from there.
Maybe there are certain RAX 80 and/or WBC 502 default switches that need to set.
I spent the weekend going back through the "Insight Instant Airbridge WBC 502 Hardware Installation Guide" and the "Insight Instant Airbridge WBC 502 Hardware User Manual".
The picture on page 25 of the "Insight Instant Airbridge WBC 502 Hardware Installation Guide" is basically what I have setup.
My setup has the Surveillance video and management server and database on the Satellite (detached site) and from all I have read, that should not be a problem,
The one thing I noticed was a WIFI Access Point, which I do not use. I am using the RAX 80 router to support both wired PTZ camera (which works) and the WIFI cameras (which DOES NOT work).
Do I need to use a WIFI Access Point and not the RAX 80 router to support my WIFI Cameras?
To clarify my problem - My SimpliSafe WiFi camera in the Master (main site) cannot see SimpliSafe Base Station in the Satellite (detached site). When I do an inventory of attached devices from the MASTER (main site), the SimpliSafe Base Station is listed.
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