Wireless repeater pings the master access point, but doesn't have internet?

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xrayx

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I have been struggling today with a couple of wireless routers that I have. One is connected to the Internet (cbn CH7466CE Wireless Voice Gateway), and I would like to have the other one serving as a repeater (TP-Link TL-WR841N). I set the TP-Link as a repeater using the settings specified in its manual. I have also specified the master router's IP as the gateway for the repeater. Now, I can ping the main router from the repeater, but not able to ping any valid IP on the internet, like 8.8.8.8.

Any idea? Do I need to do something on the master router?

Many thanks!
 
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Not sure what you are trying to accomplish. The device you have unless you have the wrong part number can not run as a wireless repeater. Then again the term "repeater" is used incorrectly by a lot of people.

The second router will not have any ip addresses other than maybe a management IP.

Still it really depends what you are trying to do. If you have connected it to the main router with a ethernet cable you want it to run as a AP. I can find no options that allow it to run as a actual wireless repeater or even a client-bridge device.
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Howdy,

Depending on how your network is set up, (most home wifi is set up as a flat layer-2 network) you shouldn't care about IP or gateways.

I would suggest running a traceroute from either your pc connected to the repeater, or the repeater itself to 8.8.8.8

Should show you where your traffic is going.
 
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xrayx

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Hey,

Traceroute to 8.8.8.8 from the repeater returns 'request timeout', from a pc connected to repeater returns 'destination host unreachable'.
I also tried traceroute to the main router from the pc connected to the repeater and it returns 'request timeout'. Does the difference mean something?
 
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bill001g

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Not sure what you are trying to accomplish. The device you have unless you have the wrong part number can not run as a wireless repeater. Then again the term "repeater" is used incorrectly by a lot of people.

The second router will not have any ip addresses other than maybe a management IP.

Still it really depends what you are trying to do. If you have connected it to the main router with a ethernet cable you want it to run as a AP. I can find no options that allow it to run as a actual wireless repeater or even a client-bridge device.
 
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