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wrn2000 v5 as router or as lan hub
Hello, I want to setup my wrn2000 v5 router to extend my network. First i tried the bridge mode witch is very simple with wifi repeteater mode. But I have some lan connexions problem. Here is my con...
Hello,
Since few days, and some reboots the router in AP mode seems to run well as desired. Maybe the problem came from the main modem-router (too many connexion...).
But i d like to solve the problem of airplay or dlna server device accessing when there are 2 routers in the lan network, what is the good configuration ?
Hello,
Thanks for your answer and sorry for my english.
Power lan line is a lan over electric network. WNR2000 is connected to the main router throw an "electric network". This connexion has no problem when WNR2000 is in router mode, but in access point or bridge mode, I loose connexion with the lan and WNR2000.
But the second problem is that in router mode with WNR2000 I have 2 networks 192.168.1.xx and 192.168.2.xx. I can see or access pc of each network (by \\192.168.1.50 or \\192.168.2.10 for exemple), but I can't use airplay/dlna connexion from 1 network to the other network and windows 10 can only see the network of 1 router not both (with explorer). How can I configure the WNR2000 in order to acces all the networks normaly ? Or what is the problem with the acces point mode : LAN over electric network or the main router errors or sleeping mode with electric lan .... ?
xounet wrote:
Power lan line is a lan over electric network. WNR2000 is connected to the main router throw an "electric network".
That's powerline. I use it all the time.
It works fine with routers in access point mode.
xounet wrote:
But the second problem is that in router mode with WNR2000 I have 2 networks 192.168.1.xx and 192.168.2.xx. I can see or access pc of each network (by \\192.168.1.50 or \\192.168.2.10 for exemple), but I can't use airplay/dlna connexion from 1 network to the other network and windows 10 can only see the network of 1 router not both (with explorer).
If the WNR2000 is in router mode, you can pretty well guarantee to have problems. That is why you have two networks.
This explains some of the other drawbacks.
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AP mode is designed to get around those problems.
What is the modem and the other router on your network?
What is the modem and the other router on your network?
The first router is a modem/router given by the internet provider "SFR ADSL (LAN : 100 Mbit/s and WAN : 15 Mbit/s)" in France.
Yes I have other powerline (500 Mbit/s) network that work very well, i don't think this could be the problem directly.
I want to say that the powerline network has, thanks to the access point (WNR2000), between 2 and maybe 6 PC or ipad.
I can't setup the modem router as modem only.
xounet wrote:
What is the modem and the other router on your network?
The first router is a modem/router given by the internet provider "SFR ADSL (LAN : 100 Mbit/s and WAN : 15 Mbit/s)" in France.
If that is all you have in front of the WNR2000 that's fine. This means that the WNR2000 should be in AP mode. In router mode it will produce the chaos that you described.
It would be a good idea to check that it has the latest firmware:
https://kb.netgear.com/000061228/WNR2000v5-Firmware-Version-1-0-0-72
Put it into AP mode after the update, and then remember to use the yellow Internet port to connect it to the Powerline plug.
The manual explains how to do all this:
If you visit the support pages:
you can feed in the model number and find all the documentation for your hardware.
Thanks for your asnwer.
The firmware is the laste firmware from netgear and updated, as i said, i tried the AP mode with good connexion wan to powerline lan connexion but as i did say after 10 minutes or more, the WNR2000 is disconnected with de main router or LAN (only as AP but not as router). In that case I must disconnect the main router, then rebootn and some times I reset the powerline and that works one more time, but note very long time. I tried lots of differents connexions, parameters, all... that's why i search a solution with router mode in my case.