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BGW 210 and Nighthawk X4 Extender in AP mode
Hello, I've got the BGW near the garage (not by choice) where all the cat5s run from throughout the house, and so I was hoping to use the X4 in AP mode, plug it into an ethernet outlet in my kit...
Well, I can plug my laptop directly into the ethernet port in my kitchen and it works great, so I don't see a problem with the cables. The house is relativley new, 7 years old. I'll test with other ports around the house, but it seems like its something else.
I was reading about IP Passthrough and Bridge and possibly having to dedicate an ip address for the X4, but I wanted to get some advice first that its even possible before I start trying to figure this out on my own.
So if you hook it directly to the router, it works?
And if you hook your laptop to the ethernet port in your kitchen that you plan on using, it works?
Whats in between the router and the ethernet port in the kitchen? Is there another device?
correct and correct! which is mind boggling to me because it seems to me that its just two Cat5 cables connected through the outlet, but I guess not. Nothing in between, the cat5 runs right to the kitchen outlet from the back of the router.
Do you have a cable tester to check the cable? I know that it works with the laptop but maybe something small is causing an issue. I had a cable that had a small nick in 1 wire that caused me endless trouble before I realized that it was the issue.
Or even just try re-installing the cable ends.
No, I'll have to pick one up, but I did test it on 4 other ethernet outlets in the house and the outcome was the same.