Help setting up access point, understanding ip's etc

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I've brought an access point, Edimax EW7228apn to improve the wireless upstairs and act as a hub in the bedroom.

Main router downstairs is an Asus RT-N56U and I have a wire running to the loft which is plugged into the Edimax AP.

The Edimax setup utility suggested an IP of 192.168.2.1 (all the asus ones are assigned 192.168.1.~~~) and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 with a gateway of 0.0.0.0

It is working in that things can connect to it and access the internet but I can't get to the web interface from anywhere, 192.168.2.1 just times out. Whats wrong?
 
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The problem is that you are probably on a 192.168.1.X due to the DHCP of the main router, as it's handing off a /24 it won't allow you to access the 192.168.2.1 as thats in a different subnet.

The "easiest" solution is to set a static IP address into your PC (192.168.2.10) and log into the wireless AP's interface, then change the IP address of the AP to somethign like 192.168.1.2.

Once done, you can revert your PC to whatever it was (probably DHCP) and access the wireless AP should you need to.

***Worth checking the DHCP IP range set in the ASUS, I normally set them to 192.168.1.50>254 so you have a small amount of IP's at the start for "infrastructure" (ap's etc) and a few static ones for devices you need.
 
Ah, so I've changed the asus to assign 192.168.1.1-253 and i've set the AP to have a static ip of 192.168.1.254 and that seems to be working, I can get to it via the PC downstairs now :)
 
peige said:
Ah, so I've changed the asus to assign 192.168.1.1-253 and i've set the AP to have a static ip of 192.168.1.254 and that seems to be working, I can get to it via the PC downstairs now :)
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Dont do this.

Your Asus will have 192.168.1.1, narrow your range down as you really don't need over 200 IP's for a home set up.
 
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