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Attempting to use EX7000-100NAS as access point in detached garage
I am attempting to use a Nighthawk EX7000-100NAS AC1900 as an access point in a detached garage. The Wifi router is a Netgear WNDR4500 N900 and is located at the far end of the house from the garage. Total length of the Cat 6 cable between the router and the EX7000 is 162’. The Cat 6 cable is run as straight as possible and I have tried to keep it separated from the house 120 vac wiring. The distance between the house and garage is 70 and consists of a 1” pvc conduit. The conduit is dry and is buried in dry sand. The house and the garage both have aluminum siding. The wifi signal from the house does not make it into the garage so I am unable to set the EX7000 as a range extender. My first problem is that I can get everything to work as an access point when I have the EX7000 near the router and connected with a 6’ cat 5 cable, but when I take the EX7000 to the garage and connect it using the 162’ cat 6 cable, I get no internet connection. The cable continuity checks out with no shorts or opens, but it does show 8.5 ohms when I tie each pair together and one end and then check resistance across the pair at the other end. It was my understanding that I should be good up to 300’. Any ideas or thoughts on why my plan is not working? My second question is that I also have a video recorder in the garage that only has a RJ45 ethernet connection and no wifi. Is there a way to connect the video recorder to the EX7000 via hardwire when configured as an access point? My reading the instructions lead me to believe that I can only connect hardwire devices to the EX7000 when it is configured as a range extender, but not when configured as an access point. Any suggestions for how to make this work are appreciated
In regards to the lan port usability. Here's a thread that addresses that. Basically the lan ports are still usable in AP mode.
How are you testing the cable? That's what I'd be looking at. If it works inside with a known good cable, it probably isn't the ex7000. If you're only running 162ft, you should be good distance wise. So its checking for breaks, miswired ends, etc. I've accidentally nicked cables during stripping when I first started and have ended up troubleshooting for a while before seeing the small slice. Its not necessarily enough to fail a test but it was enough the data was corrupt during transmission.
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In regards to the lan port usability. Here's a thread that addresses that. Basically the lan ports are still usable in AP mode.
How are you testing the cable? That's what I'd be looking at. If it works inside with a known good cable, it probably isn't the ex7000. If you're only running 162ft, you should be good distance wise. So its checking for breaks, miswired ends, etc. I've accidentally nicked cables during stripping when I first started and have ended up troubleshooting for a while before seeing the small slice. Its not necessarily enough to fail a test but it was enough the data was corrupt during transmission.
was testing using a fluke 87 to check for continuity, I first checked conductor to conductor to verify no shorts and then would tie each pair together at one end while checking for continuity between the pair back at the other end. I was able to install the rj45 connector on one end and still check things out. But, was not able to verify the last rj45 with this method. So, I cut the last connector off, rechecked the cable to that point, and installed a new rj45 on the last end, and it now works. Thanks for the confirmation that I needed to recheck the cable.
From the link, it sounds like I am good to go for the ethernet connection from the dvr. I will be trying that in the next week or so and will let you know how I make out. thanks again....
Glad to hear you got it up and running!