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Adding a Second wireless access Point to a Network
I've read a couple of the discussion on this and I think I have everything but I'm still having problems. I have a Century Link Router and Wireless Router as my main station 192.168.0.1. I want to hardwire the N300 to this router to extend my coverage with the same SSID and to also be able to plug in other devices into the N300 to have internet access.
So I keep going through the steps and it all seems to work fine until I plug the wire from the router into the N300. Then the N300 seems to just lock up. And then I have to reset and try again. Here's what I am doing.
Unplug N300 from the router. Reset to factory. Set my PC to dynamically get an IP. Connect with wire from PC to N300. Get into configuration, 192.168.1.1. Turn off DHCP, set IP to 192.168.0.4, Set SSID and security exactly like the router except using a differnt channel. Then I change the IP address on my PC to 192.168.0.15 and connect to the n300 using 192.168.0.4. All look well. Then I plug in the N300 to the router and I lose access to the N300. Can't even ping it.
I am plugging the wire from the router into the yellow broadband moden slot. Is this the problem or am I missing a step?
If I plug devices into the N300, will they get an IP through the N300 back to the Router?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Glad you got it working. You can go to downloadcenter.netgear.com to look for newer firmware. You will have to enter the correct model number (i.e. WNR2000v1 through WNR2000v5). But, if things are working, I'd say leave well enough alone. Upgrading firmware, while prudent to fix security bugs, is never risk-free.
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What's the model # of your Netgear? N300 is a Wi-Fi speed rating.
Sorry about that. The box says WNR200-100NAS. Is that what you are looking for?
Yes.
The WNR2000 has a setting under ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP to set it up as an Access Point. The instructions should be straightforward. You will connect the WNR2000's yellow, Internet port to your CenturyLink router.
The method you used (i.e. disabling the DHCP server) is old school. You should still be able to use it but there are a couple of differences.
- You must connect a WNR2000 LAN port to the CenturyLink. The Internet port should be left unused. The reason is that the WNR2000 is still in router mode, so the Internet port is considered a WAN port. Wireless AP Mode differs from this because it disables router mode and converts the Internet port into another LAN port.
- The WNR2000 must be configured with a static IP address. You did this by assigning 192.168.0.4. But you need to make sure this address is 1) in the IP subnet configured on the CenturyLink and 2) not in the DHCP range managed by the CenturyLink. Both conditions must be satisifed. Wireless AP Mode also differs because it has an option to use DHCP to obtain an IP address from the CenturyLink for the WNR2000 to use. You can, however, use a static IP address in Wireless AP Mode. You will see the two options if you explore the Wireless AP Mode setting.