Wireless Access Point

[Luke227]

Hi all,

Looking for some help extending my wireless signal on my home network. I am a Virgin Media customer using a DLink 615 router. I also have an additional DLink 615 running DD-WRT firmware which I would like to use as a wireless access point/repeater.

My router is located upstairs resulting in the wireless signal down stairs being poor. Sadly it is not practical to move this router downstairs.

I have a set of Devolo dLan 200 AV homeplugs and was hoping to use these to connect my access point. If I was to connect one homeplug to one of the spare ports on my main router - then the other homeplug into the uplink of the access point, would this work?

Other than disabling DHCP, are there any other settings that would need to be changed on the DD-WRT router? I have tried looking online for this but not been able to find an answer to if this is possible.

Many thanks

 

[Luke227]

Yes, connect it to one of the LAN ports, not WAN. Disable DHCP & you might want to change the access points IP (same subnet).

Thanks, am I right in thinking that I plug the homeplug into one of the 4 normal LAN ports on the main router, then the other end into the Internet/Uplink port of the router that will be used as the access point?

Also - do I set the SSID the same for both routers?

Thanks again.

 

[Luke227]

Help!

Hey all.

I have tried setting up this set up but am having trouble this up.

I have set up the wireless access point and connect it to the LAN port on my main router and the LAN port on my access point.

The router has an IP of 192.168.1.1 and the access point 192.168.5.1, I have turned of DHCP and set the SSID the same on both wireless devices. Both devices are also set up with the same WPA2 passkey.

I originally had 2 wireless networks appear (with the same SSID) when searching for networks but since setting the WPA code the same on both I know only have one. The signal appears to be about the same strength as before so I don't think I'm connected to the repeater but unsure.

Any help would be greatly appreciated -very confused!

Thanks

 

[Luke227]

Thank you for the replies.

I currently have the router on channel 6 and the access point on channel 11 with the same SSID. Should I leave this the same then?

So I need to try changing the IP of the access to point to 192.168.1.2 for example?

At the moment I have also enabled WPA2 on the access point and set up the same password as the main router, is this correct?

Sorry for all the questions, I have been trying to follow this guide but am not having much luck.

 

[Luke227]

Thanks for the replies.

I have set the SSID back to the same and changed the IP addresses so they are now both on the same network. I can now log into both routers wirelessly from my laptop.

Even though both devices are now on the same network, I don't think the router is working as a repeater as the wireless signal (even when sat next to the access point) is only 3 bars, which makes me think it is still connecting to the main router upstairs?

I have set the access points to channels 6 and 11 respectivly, but the router is still set as an "AP Access Point" in DD-WRT, does this need to be changed to repeater? (Other options are AP, Repeater, Repeater Bridge, Client and Adhoc)

Thanks again

 

[Luke227]

Do you want devices to roam between the two access points?

AP mode is fine.

Ideally yes, or to connect to the strongest connection.

I was able to access both routers and the Internet for a while, then I could only access the router IP addresses and no internet? I had to reboot the main router to get internet access back. Not sure if they were conflicting but both devices have seperate IP addresses?