WNDR3700 access point becomes inaccessible after an hour

Question

I have Xfinity service and their XFi modem-Wifi-router. I provisioned an old WNDR3700 as access point to reach remote part of my house. It works fine for about an hour, but then becomes inaccessible for new connection. Devices already connected to it via its SSID continue to work fine. Following are the settings.

It has a reserved ip address.

DHCP serve Disabled

Main gateway=10.0.0.1 ipaddr of main router

DNIS = same as the main router.

Will appriciate any suggestions to fix the problem.

ngupta · Accepted Answer

Thanks for your input it was very helpful to me in resolving my issue.

The mistake I was making was configuring WNDR with only a cat5 connection between WNDR LAN port and my Mac, and NO connection between main router LAN port and WNDR WAN port.

I now configured the WNDR as WAP with both connections and static IP address. After configuration I disconnected the wired connection between LAN port and my Mac. The WNDR access point now works as desired.

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WNDR3700 access point becomes inaccessible after an hour

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