Ethernet works not WiFi

Trojan Horse · 13 Sep 2015 at 19:42

I'm trying to get my TP Link WR1043 router (bought a few day ago) to work as a wireless repeater. It is currently connected to my main TP Link WD-9980 through the Powerlink. The ethernet from modem to router is connected to the WR1043 blue WAN internet slot.

My ethernet cable from WR1043 to PC works but not my WiFi.

The WR1043 is currently bridging the main wifi but have tried to do it manually as a seperate SSID and pass and that doesn't work. It just connects and says limited connectivity and won't connect to either router or modem web page. My iPhone doesn't connect at all to the WR1043 it just says connecting forever.

This was happening on my old spare plusnet router so thought buying the TP link would fix it but it hasnt. What could be wrong?

Also sometimes on ethernet I have to reboot the Router so that the connection works.

Trojan Horse · 13 Sep 2015 at 20:02

idk i just fixed it using wds bridging mode

turning DHCP off and using LAN port doesnt work. Had to use WAN port.

Trojan Horse · 13 Sep 2015 at 22:19

Steveocee said:
Something still sounds wrong. It may work but is it working as well as it should or in the right way?

Yep it broke after like an hour. I did it properly via LAN port not WAN and used a seperate DHCP range. Seems to work great.

Only problem is now I cannot access second router IP even though I set it to something different to original router. I am using an app on my phone called Fing to scan and find local IP of devices but I have only 1 ip for my router and the second one has been wiped off the mark?

Trojan Horse · 14 Sep 2015 at 08:23

Steveocee said:
Really you want 1 big IP range rather than one for your main router and one for the second.

If you main router is 192.168.1.1 and it gives out 1.50-1.254 on DHCP, set your second router to 1.2, turn off its DHCP and firewall and give it a default gateway of 1.1 (adjust these ips to suit you)

You're then creating 1 big LAN rather than a 2 tiered LAN which isn't needed.

Right now it works as it is 192.168.1.1-.50

second router is .51-199

dont need to fath about as doubt i will ever get as many as 20 clients on it. it works if it doesnt ill change something but for now i am satisfied hahha

Trojan Horse · 14 Sep 2015 at 12:14

RoyMi6 said:
You've asked for advice, people are giving you it, and you're ignoring it.

You've already "got it working" once before then came back 2 hours later saying something messed up.

Again, what you've "got working" is an overly complicated network configuration that could result in confusing complications down the line.

It really sounds like you're only missing one step, and that's disabling the DHCP server on your WR1043 - it doesn't need to be there.

cool