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WN2000RPT - Internet Access Keeps Dropping
All of my devices can continually access the WN2000RPT device and access the local network as well as the internet. However, after some time, the internet connection drops for the repeater only - I c...
I have a solution.
Step 1. Go to store and buy another vendors product. I'm sure any will do but I chose an Apple Airport Extreme as I have predominantly apple gear apart from one linux server.
Step 2. Replace the WN2000RPT and spend a weekend trying unsuccessfully to get WDS to work with the WNDR3700.
Step 3. Buy another 802.11 device from the same vendor after making sure that it has the capability to extend an existing network. In my case I bought an Airport Express.
Step 4. Replace the WNDR3700 with the Airport Express
Step 5. Turn on all the Apple devices and watch them all just work (well maybe not quite as easily as that as I still needed to configure the network, but it only took about an hour and most of that was setting up the mac address security)
Step 6. Toss the WN2000RPT in the garbage.
Step 7. (Optional) Plug the WNDR3700 into a port on the Airport Extreme and configure it as an access node with a different SSID to use as a guest network.
Problem Solved!
Step 1. Go to store and buy another vendors product. I'm sure any will do but I chose an Apple Airport Extreme as I have predominantly apple gear apart from one linux server.
Step 2. Replace the WN2000RPT and spend a weekend trying unsuccessfully to get WDS to work with the WNDR3700.
Step 3. Buy another 802.11 device from the same vendor after making sure that it has the capability to extend an existing network. In my case I bought an Airport Express.
Step 4. Replace the WNDR3700 with the Airport Express
Step 5. Turn on all the Apple devices and watch them all just work (well maybe not quite as easily as that as I still needed to configure the network, but it only took about an hour and most of that was setting up the mac address security)
Step 6. Toss the WN2000RPT in the garbage.
Step 7. (Optional) Plug the WNDR3700 into a port on the Airport Extreme and configure it as an access node with a different SSID to use as a guest network.
Problem Solved!