2 Intellinet wi-fi routers, only 1 will broadcast

[joeyramon1]

I have 2 Intellinet 300N wireless routers that I'm using in my house to extend my wi-fi signal to a wireless surveillance camera system (Zmodo 4-camera plus NVR system) outside my house. Router #1 (192.168.2.1) is in my home office with the modem and PC which is running off a LAN port from router #1. Router #2 (192.168.2.2) is on the other end of the house, receiving signal from a LAN port off router #1. Both routers are setup to be broadcasting with the same wi-fi network name and log in credentials.

I am unable to get router #1 to put out a wireless signal. There is a surveillance camera at the front of the house near router #1 that won't connect to the network because it can't find a signal to connect to. Regardless of where I'm standing in the house, my phone and all personal wireless devices connect to router #2. The settings on each router are identical except that DHCP is turned off on router #2.

Any ideas on what might be the problem with router #1's wi-fi?

 

[RealBeast]

I would not rely on the devices to determine if there is a wireless signal, download a free wifi analyzer phone app so that you can actually see the signal and strength. The radio may be disabled or not functional. However, you may want to use a different SSID so that you can control which device you connect to with specific cameras, notebooks, etc.

Also, insure that 192.168.2.2 is not within the DHCP range that .1 can assign or the conflict can be an issue.

 

[joeyramon1]

So if I set the allowable range to be 192.168.2.100 through 192.168.2.199 (stopping one digit short of .200 i.e. the address of router #2) should that do the trick?

I'm wondering if I've done something wrong with my initial setup of these two routers. Router #2's IP is something I can manually change in the LAN settings. In the WAN settings, should it be set to Dynamic or Static IP? It's currently set to Dynamic.

P.S. My phone just died on me today so I can't analyze the wi-fi at the moment. When it rains, it pours I guess.

 

[RealBeast]

Yes, any range between .3 and .254 is fine as long as you exclude a few addresses at the upper or lower end for static use (unless your router supports dynamic address reservation that can also accomplish the task, but yours probably doesn't). This is based on your first post, that the primary router is 192.168.2.1 and your AP 192.168.2.2, but always easiest to leave a few extra addresses available so you don't have to reconfigure for future changes (I usually leave about 20 free).

Router number 2 (the AP) should have a static address for its WAN gateway/DNS server -- the address of router #1. Your primary router uses a dynamic address because ISPs don't usually assign static WAN addresses to consumers.

P.S. I feel your pain, my truck battery died -- going out for a new one today.

 

[scottjosephk]

I would not rely on the devices to determine if there is a wireless signal, download a free wifi analyzer phone app so that you can actually see the signal and strength. The radio may be disabled or not functional. However, you may want to use a different SSID so that you can control which device you connect to with specific cameras, notebooks, etc.

Also, insure that 192.168.2.2 is not within the DHCP range that .1 can assign or the conflict can be an issue.

After it was all said and done, it turns out that my router was bad. Thanks for your help though. It ensured that I had my settings all correct.