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imaflynn's avatar
imaflynn
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Oct 22, 2017

C3000 as base station

I have a new C3000-100NAS that doesn't quite have the range I want.  Luckily, I have an old WNDR3300 and am trying to use this as a repeater.

 

I've made sure these four things match on both devices: SSID, mode, channel, and security.  I can enable the "Wireless Repeater" function on the WNDR3300, but cannot find a setting for the C3000 to be the master/base station.

 

This may be more straightforward than I am making it.  Any suggestions for making these two devices talk to each other as base station (C3000) and repeater (WNDR3300)?

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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Oct 22, 2017

    > This may be more straightforward than I am making it. [...]

       If you can run an Ethernet cable (or equivalent) between these two
    devices, then configuring the WNDR3300 as a wireless access point
    (rather than as a repeater) might make sense.  (Probably better on a
    different radio channel, however, in any case.)

       "Or equivalent" would include a pair of Powerline gizmos.