Hello,
I have an tp-link wa801nd repeater/router and an AVM FritzFon box
connected to our DSL line.
This experience has mainly served to show me how little I understand
about wireless. The two devices are reluctant to play well together.
What does work:
WEP (not WPA) and set the repeater to be a "universal repeater", not
just a "repeater".
What did not work:
WPA + set the repeater to be a "repeater" and tell the Fritzbox to
allow WDS (wireless distribution). My impression was that the repeater
would associate for a little while, then unbind, confuse the clients
and a few minutes later bind again.
What would have been OK:
Tell the tp-link to act as an access point and bridge. Let it have its
own SSID and run its own DHCP. Clients could associate to this and the
tp-link should pass their packets to the Fritz box.
Clients could associate, but their packets did not seem to be
gatewayed to the fritz box. I did try setting the gateway on the
tp-link to its IP address and to that of the fritz box.
Despite visiting 100 websites, I cannot see the difference between
"repeater" and "universal repeater" or at least I cannot find why one
would use "repeater".
Any comments would be appreciated.
I have an tp-link wa801nd repeater/router and an AVM FritzFon box
connected to our DSL line.
This experience has mainly served to show me how little I understand
about wireless. The two devices are reluctant to play well together.
What does work:
WEP (not WPA) and set the repeater to be a "universal repeater", not
just a "repeater".
What did not work:
WPA + set the repeater to be a "repeater" and tell the Fritzbox to
allow WDS (wireless distribution). My impression was that the repeater
would associate for a little while, then unbind, confuse the clients
and a few minutes later bind again.
What would have been OK:
Tell the tp-link to act as an access point and bridge. Let it have its
own SSID and run its own DHCP. Clients could associate to this and the
tp-link should pass their packets to the Fritz box.
Clients could associate, but their packets did not seem to be
gatewayed to the fritz box. I did try setting the gateway on the
tp-link to its IP address and to that of the fritz box.
Despite visiting 100 websites, I cannot see the difference between
"repeater" and "universal repeater" or at least I cannot find why one
would use "repeater".
Any comments would be appreciated.