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VolFish
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Oct 23, 2015

WN3000RP-200UKS (V3) - Issue having 3+ connected to network

Hi,   We have five of these to be used in the same large premesis to provide non-wireless devices with wireless connectivity.  They are on the latest firmware (V1.0.1.20) and running in extender mo...
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VolFish
Aspirant
Oct 28, 2015

Hi,

 

None of them are enabled as an access point and therefore are not putting out a wireless signal for clients to join.  They are only providing a wired connection to devices.

 

They are not connecting directly to a router, but rather various Ubiquiti Unifi UAP, are you aware of any compatibility issues connecting to these devices?

 

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nhann
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Oct 29, 2015

Hi VolFish,

 

Is this your current network setup?

 

Modem---(wire)---router - - - (WiFi) - - - to 5 WN3000RPv3 ------(wired)-----to multiple Ubiquiti Unifi UAP - - - (WiFi) - - - devices.

Try not to have the same SSID across all the devices, as mentioned before.

I'm not aware of any compatibility issues with Ubiquiti devices and am not able to test them.

You may want to check with their support site and if there are any limitations or configurations as to how many you can have in your network.

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    VolFish
    Aspirant
    Oct 30, 2015

    Here is the setup...

     

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    All of the Unfi devices have the same SSID, as mentioned the Netgear devices are not acting as an access point and have this option turned off.

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      nhann
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Oct 30, 2015

      Thanks for the clarification.

       

      Try having different UniFi AP SSID names. For example UniFi AP_1, UniFi AP_2, etc.

      It could be that the extenders are having difficulty recognizing which UniFi AP to connect to because they all have the same SSID.

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        VolFish
        Aspirant
        Nov 11, 2015

        I'm not able to change the SSID of the individual AP's.  While not able to resolve this, we have got a workaround by using different bits of kit.  Currently we have:

         

        2 x Netgear WN3000RP-200UKS
        1 x Netgear WNCE4004 servicing two devices
        1 x Linksys RE3000

         

        Using this combination, things have been stable.  I imagine having any combination of wireless client/bridge would be fine, but it would have been preferable to standardise using one device.  Going forward for our other sites, I think we will go down the route of structured cabling.

         

        Thanks for your assistance.