struggling to bridge router and WAP

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Trying to get the router to talk to the WAP (wap is attached to a switch and thus wired network)

i can see the server from PCs connected to the WAP but i cant get the two wireless devices to talk to each other and share the internet.

The router is an old HG520s echolife and the WAP is a wn802
 
I have a microserver, HTPC, Desktop, wireless AP connected to a switch. These can all talk to each other sharing files and performing backups (except for the desktop which is behaving really strangley)

There is a wireless laptop which is sucessfully connecting to the wireless AP sharing files and performing a backup to the server.

The problem is that i can not get this network of computers to communicate with the wireless router that is connected to the modem/internet.

What i have done on the router:
changed the channel to 11, changed the DCHP range to be .101-200
the router is still set on 'routing' in mode, the only other option is bridge.. does this mean the router cannot do what i want?

On the WAP i have
changed the channel to 11
disabled DHCP
given the WAP an IP address not in the DCHP range of the router (.100)
created a wireless bridge with default name, MAC address as of the wireless router
selected wireless point to multi point bridge (the other option is repeater without client association)
there are options in the wireless bridge menu to change the profile name, security, and change
 
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Ipconfig of devices connected in what configuration?

. Ip4 when connected to wap is 168.254.147.119 via wireless laptop

Should this be static?
 
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If your router is configured for 192.168.1.1 you'd expect the access point to have a 192.168.1.x address for its management interface. This would have been set during the initial setup procedures.

You'd expect the router to acting as a DHCP server (although the server could be doing this instead). The DHCP server would be configured to issue 192.168.1.x addresses.

An IPCONFIG /ALL should show the interface as having a 192.168.1.x address, a default gateway of 192.168.1.1, and the DNS pointing to something sensible.
 
ive set the WAP to 192.168.1.100
the router is DCHP issuing addresses 101-200

Do i need to set each device to have a static IP4 address? as in 192.168.1.x (out of the DCHP range)?
 
I was thinking the wireless devices should connect to the WAP.. does this mean i should enable DHCP on the WAP? (it is disabled by default)

Router
.1 IP address
DCHP enabled

WAP
.100 IP address
DCHP enabled or disabled?
 
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WAP DHCP disabled. You only want to have one DHCP server running on the network.

ok, i want to be able to connect wireless devices to the WAP directly to access the router, if the router is the DHCP would require static address from laptop to WAP? The router is only wireless g

also do SSIDs between the WAP and router need to match in bridging tab?
 
the router is onl connected to the modem, it is the WAP that is connected to the switch, such is the layout of the house
 
Sorry, I thought you were just trying to get it working as an access point.

Can you confirm the AP's model number as there doesn't appear to be a WN802. The nearest matches look to be WN802T, WN802T-200 or WPN802.
 
I'm not sure that what you're trying to do is possible with that hardware. Even if it is possible the documentation suggests that only WEP encryption would be available.

The documentation is very sparse so hopefully I'm wrong.
 
I'm not sure that what you're trying to do is possible with that hardware. Even if it is possible the documentation suggests that only WEP encryption would be available.

The documentation is very sparse so hopefully I'm wrong.

i am also wondering if it is possible. Im new o this and tbh it is a bit over my head.
 
It sounds to me like he's trying to create a wireless bridge between the two wireless networks. so things can go like this (prepare for BAD.ASS. ASCII diagramming skills)

http://pastebin.com/9ni5K906

Where solid lines are wired and wavey ones are wireless.

IF this is indeed true, then you need to check your hardware supports wireless bridging. It probably doesn't. Also to connect wireless client devices to an AP that's is also forming a wireless bridge would need a dual radio access point I think. Usually it'd be set up with Radio 1 serving clients while radio 2 bridges to the router. Essentially one radio is in infrastructure mode the other is behaving as a client.
 
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Pretty much yeah

I'm not sure if the router does, nor the wap

Wap has multipoint apparently, I'll upload some screenies I think, probably the easiest way.
 
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