Ok, what I am trying to accomplish is to extend my wireless network to the upper part of my home as the signal gets weak when going into the living room. Normally I would just run an ethernet cable from one router to the other and be done with it, but this is not an option at the moment. My home is 1 level, but about 120 ft. long if that helps at all.
The equipment I am using for this is: 1) Frontier Westell 7500 DSL modem/router combo 2) TP_Link TL-WDR3500.
This process should be fairly simple, but after hours of trying and reading through forums, have found nothing.
To start off, both of my routers have different factory ip addresses, so I did not change anything there. I went into my tp-link router and enabled WDS Bridge mode and surveyed for my wireless network, it filled in the MAC address etc. for me. Also disabled DHCP on my TP-Link as well. The problem I am having is getting the 2 routers to connect so my TP-Link has an internet connection.
I am not a beginner to networking, but far from being a pro. Any help is appreciated! Also if there are other options to achieving this setup, I am open to anything.
The equipment I am using for this is: 1) Frontier Westell 7500 DSL modem/router combo 2) TP_Link TL-WDR3500.
This process should be fairly simple, but after hours of trying and reading through forums, have found nothing.
To start off, both of my routers have different factory ip addresses, so I did not change anything there. I went into my tp-link router and enabled WDS Bridge mode and surveyed for my wireless network, it filled in the MAC address etc. for me. Also disabled DHCP on my TP-Link as well. The problem I am having is getting the 2 routers to connect so my TP-Link has an internet connection.
I am not a beginner to networking, but far from being a pro. Any help is appreciated! Also if there are other options to achieving this setup, I am open to anything.
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