access point R6250

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antinode wrote:

> access point R6250

 

   R6250 or R6250v2? 

 

>>Which part of what, exactly, have you been viewing?

 

The part that tells you how to configure an access port.

https://kb.netgear.com/20927/How-do-I-change-my-NETGEAR-router-to-AP-mode-after-setting-it-up

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1. Scroll down to the AP Mode section and select Enable AP Mode.

The Get IP Address Dynamically and Get DNS Server Address Dynamically options are configured automatically by default. To manually assign an IP address to your router, contact your ISP for the IP information.
Note: We recommend that you assign a static IP address to your NETGEAR router (AP) so that your its IP address does not change. For more information, see How do I enter a static IP address on a NETGEAR router?."

 

This is not connecting to an isp.  I am not configuring a router.  I am trying to use an RN6250 AS an ACCESS POINT on an

existing network, that has a gateway located at 192.168.0..1

This does not address that type of configuration.

 

 

   Which "address"?  LAN?  A router (configured as a router) has one
address for its LAN interface, and one for its WAN/Internet interface.

 

THE LAN ADDRESS.

 

I can do a scan of my network and see the device at 0.199, and log into it  IF IT IS PLUGGED INTO *ONE* of the lan ports.  With wifi enabled, my phones can connect to it, but they do not have internet access because DNS fails.  IF I connect it to the WAN port, then do a netscan, I do not see it, which is the behavior I would expect.  However in that case, I can still log into 192.168.0.199 from the cell phone that is connected to the RN6250.

 

 

 

   "DNS" or DHCP?  A wireless access point seldom deals directly with
either.

 

DHCP.  When enabled on the R6250, in non access point mode, my android phones get an ip address. I enabled DHCP with a range of 150-175 so they won't conflict with other hard coded addresses. 

 

 

   Most likely, you'll want to enable a DHCP server on your
(unspecified) "a router".

That is a Cybergear router, and I do not want to enable DHCP on it. I use hardwired IP addresses for a reason.

That router lives at 192.168.0.1

When I set up a windows box, I give it an fixed IP address and set it's gateway to 192.168.0.1  and the dns on the windows box

to 8.8.8.8 and 4.4.4.4  And I can get to the internet just fine.

I want the same ability for my wireless devices.

I have a fixed address of 0.199 for the RN6250.

I want to configure it to do the following:

1. Provide a way for a cell phone to connect to my network, and have the RN6250 give out addresses for the wireless connections, but not the lan connections.

 

   Advanced > Advanced Setup > Wireless AP?

 

   I'd expect that to disable its DHCP server.  Hence, most likely,
you'll want to enable a DHCP server on your (unspecified) "a router"

Actually, it seems to work:

 

> I can connect to the router main pages from a computer on the network.

 

   That's be a computer with static IP parameters?  (Because I don't see
a DHCP server in your scheme.)

 

 

Correct.  0.49 is a windows box with a hard coded address.

I can plug the RN6250 onto my network switch, and connect the wire to one of the 4 lan ports.

In that configuration, with the RN6250, I can browse to 192.168.0.199 from my 0.49 box.

I can connect a cell phone to the wifi at that point, and can browse to 192.168.0.199 from it.  If I try browsing to

168.96.159.118 (i.e. mail.realtime.net) I get host unreachable.

Yet from my 0.49 box I can get there.

 

So what I need help with is configuring this RN6250 to do the following:

1. have a static IP on my network

2. allow a cell phone to connect to it, and have the RN6250 give it an IP address.

3. be able to browse the internet from the phone.

 

given:

I have a router at 192.168.0.1 that acts as my gateway for all other nodes on my network.

 

 

> My network does not use DHCP explicitly for security. [...]

 

   It's not clear to me how that means achieves that end.  It _is_ clear
to me how not having a DHCP server can cause problems.

 

I do not want someone being able to bring a computer into the facility, plug it in and have access automatically, as they would if DHCP were enabled.  Right now, I am trying to make sure I can make this R6250 function as an access point.

 

I will be taking it to a place and connecting it to a network that DOES have a DHCP server on it, so I will have to test that configuration there.

 

> [...] This access point will be going onto another network later, but
> I need to get it working on this one, so that I know it will work.

 

   Then I'd suggest that you enable a DHCP server on your LAN.  And a
Netgear router configured as a WAP won't do that job.

It actually does, but it does not resolve DNS requests.... see below:

hmmm..... lets see....

I go into the start page on the Rn6250 and it says internet is not connected. It shows 5 devices connected.

the main gateway at 0.1

to machines at 0.11, 0.49

2 wireless devices at 0.151 and 0.150

 

 

Advanced setup says router information ip address 192.168.0.199  DHCP on.

Wireles settings 2.4 ghz shows the SSID, Wireless AP set to on, and the 5 GHZ wireless settings show Wireless AP set to on.

 

The internet port is all nulls.

 

Under advanced setings    Wireless settings has router PIN enabled.

Wireless AP  does NOT have AP mode enabled, though the main status page does show it enabled for both of the WIFI interfaces.

 

So with that configuration, how do I tell the RN6250 to send packets out the gateway?

 

NOW:  If I unplug the cable from the lan port on the RN6250 and plug it into the wan port, a netscan does show it, and the phone connected to it.  And that is as it should be.  I  have access  to 192.168.0.199 from the connected cell phone.

 

So if I use that configuration and enable WAP,  with a fixed address,  set to 192.168.0.199, netmask 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.0.1 and dns 8.8.8.8 aand 4.4.4.4 (both google). and hit apply, the router restarts properly, and when I do a netscan on my network it does show up, and the wire is still attached to the WAN port.  But at that point, the cell phones connected to it just get a no internet signal. If I connect to the wifi at this point with another phone it takes a long time to get an IP address but it does, and it obtains an address of 0.151 which actually should have been 150, but it is in the valid range.  And now that address shows up in the wireless devices. I have tried connecting a second phone and it fails to connect and get an IP address.

 

A netscan on the hard network shows 0.199 and 1.151

 

The phone that did connect and get an IP address, can connect to a web site via a direct IP address i.e. 192.96.159.118 , but not with an URL (mail.realtime.net).  This indicates that the access point is forwarding packets to and from the gateway, but that DNS is not working for the phone. When the phone attempts a dns resolve, it comes back with   DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG.

 

So the WAP is working, but not supplying a DNS server to the phone most likely.

Unfortunately, the one phone that I NEED to connect with doesn't see, to be able to connect to the R6250...

 

From the hard network, I can log into the router, and it says internet status GOOD.  Attached devices 4, and lists 0.1, 0.11,0.49 and the mac address and ip address of the wireless phone that did connect.  unfortunately I can't attach the router config here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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